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Chapter 7

Trouble in Paradise: No End in Sight

To ignore evil is to become accomplice to it.

- DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. | Baptist Minister & Civil-Rights Activist

(circa: 1929 - 1968)

Punta Cana, D.R.
MANUELA’S APARTMENT
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EBRUARY FOURTEENTH -- SEVENTEEN DAYS -- AFTER MOVING IN WITH
Manuela, trouble is brewing in Paradise; Manuela and Alonzo are having
their first argument as a couple. This is Alonzo’s second attempt to express

some reservations -- his heart is not ready for romance. His visit is for just a few
weeks to clear his head -- following the displacement from his high-rewarding
career. Besides, he doesn’t believe in starting something that he’s not able to finish:
Manuela deserves better. Also, he doesn’t want to lead on the young Dominican

Beauty because he believes Karma has a nasty way of biting one in the rear when
they least expect. Above and beyond, he has a 17-year-old daughter who is all by
herself back home. He wouldn’t want any man misleading his Yvette when she’s of
age and dating.

After an extensive research about the not-for-profit (NPO) Sector in D.R.,