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UNDERNEATH IT ALL

I stepped in, trying to make sense of it all. “So… Jirelle, you’re
asking for something really popular right now. And Mama, you’re

saying it’s just too expensive?”

They both answered at once: “Yes.”
Jirelle’s voice rose again, more desperate than angry. “Mama, I

know it’s a lot. But you keep saying you’ll get it eventually — and I
don’t want ‘eventually’ anymore. I want it now.”

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