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2024-10-29 19:42:56Maggie is standing in Bernardo's office reading with a scowl the Maggiezine financial report.
She lays the spreadsheets on her husband's desk, "Honey, we need to do something! I don't want to shut down the circulation of my magazine! Think how many people would be out of work, even more so in this calamitous time in the country!"
Bernardo gets up feeling sorry for his wife. The two of them embrace, "Calm down, dear, I've already told them to take care of it. It seems that there is something else that is bothering you. Can I help?"
"Can you convince my mother that I didn't marry you to gold digger you?" Maggie asks nestled into his chest.
Bernardo giggles and strokes her red hair, "Oh, Maggie... your mother will understand one day."
"She won't. I can't visit her without her calling me a slut. She demands that I marry someone my own age and work as a waitress at Crystal Blue."
Bernardo undoes the hug, no longer feeling funny at the clown
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