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Philip restrained hi his eyes at hersoftly in the background "How noble of her"

"That’s not the end of the story," Mackenzie informed him

"You mean there’s more?"

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Now his daughter was beginning to sound like a greeting-card commercial "This story does have a point, doesn’t it?"

"Oh, yes" Her eyes gleamed with triumph "Not more than three months later, four at the ht you said his name was James"

"I also said his name doesn’t matter The point is that he married her and they’re both happy"

"That must have cost her a pretty penny, since Carrie had already paid hi she’d saved just for that first date"

"He married her for free"

"Oh, I see, she was on sale"