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Past....
Frank couldn't believe his luck when he existed his room and made it down the hallway of his parent mansion.
The stair ways was beautifully decorated in a sea of gold and silver balloon with bed of pink roses embedding the opposite walls and leaving a magnificent trail down the exist.
Strangers smiled at him as he walked past them and in search of his mom. She was far off the end of the hall speaking to some guest she must have invited.
Frank couldn't believe the turn out of guest on such short notice. He noticed most of the people there were acquainted with his parent not him.
That fact didn't bother him much because most of his friends were back in London and couldn't make it down for his big day.
Many did sent their warm regards nonetheless.
His best friend Kelvin was not far behind from where he stood with tense shoulders. He could feel his heart contrasting on the inside with quiet panic as his ga
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