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Chapter 45
Emiliana
Your birthday is the beginning of your own personal new year. Your first birthday was a beginning, and each new birthday is a chance to begin again, to start over, to take a new grip on life. — Wilfred Peterson
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Twenty three. That’s how many years I had under my belt and that’s the number that was displayed everywhere. Banners, balloons, napkins. Everywhere I looked, I was surrounded by the number as a reminder that I was still so young.
I hadn’t wanted a birthday party this year. I wasn’t actually anticipating being in the States for it. I wanted to be out exploring Europe and the rest of the world. Yet here I was, wandering around my
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