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He strode again to the s to stare out, his

back straight "They can't ignore my invitations, not

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; when they responded," he mumbled to himself I couldn't understand how his business friends

could dare to offend him when he had to be their most

important client, and everyone loved a party, especially the kind of party they had to knoould be

sensational

So

miracles with that five hundred thousand a year,

roays that Chris would have found

too risky Bart risked everythingcalculated

gambles that paid off handsomely Only then did I

realize that perhaps my mother had meant it to be this

way If she had given Bart all the fortune in one grand

huge sum, he wouldn't have worked as hard to build