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do you think it makes your old man feel?
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Rita's heart churned with bitterness and resentment. Unfortunately, she could not express those thoughts out
loud to her father.
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Vince was not getting any younger, and hearing her father say that made Rita feel a pang of sadness. "Dad,
please don't say things like that, okay? You're making it sound like you're going to leavesoon." "Silly girl, is
that any way to talk to your old man? Anyway, you better not skip the party tomorrow, got it? I'm going to cancel
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It was out of pure interest that she was working for New Capital Times, and it would be hard for her to make ends
meet without her father's financial support. To make matters worse, she had failed to get an interview with
Claire. She was not in the mood to go back to the office or meet up with friends, so she
returned to her apartment alone and dejected.
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