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Sweet and bitter

Author: November
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Marco’s Pov

There’s nothing sweeter than technology and the advantages it brought people like me. I was never a privileged kid, I lived in a community where having a cellphone was a luxury that only the rich could afford.

So, being able to come this far and to be able to provide my child with everything they need was a blessing to me. But first, I needed to actually get the money to give to Jessica, so my child could be born.

The wonderful thing about technology is as long as you know a person's name, you could get any information about them. Most often from their social media accounts.

But if they were popular, all that was required was a photo of them. You won’t need to search for them because they are everywhere.

Simple as that!

As soon as you had that, you could put it on Google search and Viola!

That was exactly what I did with Marlani's photo.

Yes, the lady that Hera met with was no other person than Marlani Riggs, Eggust's mother. From the
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