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hat ballroom, while everyone was inside, drunken and glowing under the soft chande

tonight I had made love feel real; for tonight I had done that for

with it clinking glasses and laughter to the balcony. The group of groomsmen is stu

whom Ben earlier introduced himself as, spots us. "S

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ously, those vows? Made half the room cry. I almost c

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stumbles back inside. "

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re algorithms involved, if there was data, then why in the

time before she finally nods

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table at the bar, I watc

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