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Once inside, the mansion arm and well lit Someone smiled at us and took Claudia’s coat Sone with a tiny sliver of strawberry bubbling up from the bottom

“This is wonderful,” Claudia said, pressing herself againstme”

“Uhh… youme once you see my work,” I chuckled

“Yeah right”

“No, I’et another two glasses of chane before—”

“Coout this that easy”

The art exhibit was actually pretty a Several local artists had work on display, so peopleand for their own little cliques

Roos and photographs and even a few sculptures Soh

“So where’s your stuff?” Claudia asked

“Student exhibits are in the back half of the house”

We continued down a paneled hall, through sone was there, resting atop a grand piano Claudia swapped out her elass for a full one, then reached out to take mine

“You’re not going to eat your strawberry?”

“Nah”

She tilted lass back and let the strawberry drop into her open htly parted, she showed it to me on the flat of her ton

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