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LIX : Family is bigger
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2024-10-29 19:42:56Cainan and Daniel took the Toyota Tacoma Pickup and headed to the Christmas tree shop. Cainan had never been on a Christmas tree shopping in Egypt before, so Daniel drove the car. It was a twenty minutes’ drive to the shop and most of the time they spent in silence.
Daniel had a reason for shopping for a Christmas tree on the twenty-third of December. Donald and Daniel always shopped for their Christmas trees on the twenty-third and Daniel never understood why and so when he got the chance to go alone, he went on the twenty-fourth, ignoring Donald’s instructions to go a day before. He ended up spending over six hours waiting and then paying double the normal price just to get a tree home to the awaiting family. He had learnt his lesson ever since.
Standing around in the store and there were over a dozen Christmas trees was a wide option to pick from. There was a high probability that there was going to be four times the number of cu
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“Good morning, Jasmin,” Ada smile was as charming as ever, holding onto a white tray that had white ceramic plates and cups in it and she was making her way over to the dining table to set it down. “Good morning, Ada.” she dropped from the last step of the stairs and approached her, “Anything I can help you with?” her eyes eager to help. She smiled at her, but shook her head. “No, breakfast is already set, the maids are helping with the rest of it.” as she spoke, two of the maids in the kitchen stepped out, holding trays of fried plantain and egg sauce and it already smelt delicious. Ada’s eyes darted behind her as if looking for something, and soon after, they returned to Jasmin. “Where is Cainan?” “Taking his bath,” she recalled hearing the shower being turned on as she made her way out of the room moments ago. Something made Ada narrow her eyes, but she didn’t get the chance to say it as they heard footsteps descending the stairs
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