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Chapter 16: It's Mandy
Herbie was fidgeting as he and Annie waited for their turn to board a bus. He was biting the nail on his thumb, too.
Annie, on the other hand, was watching Herbie at the corner of her eyes. She was controlling her smile. She was seeing Herbert, her boyfriend in college, the way he would fidget and bite his nails when he was nervous. But he looked much more handsome than he was back then. All the success that he had at work was adding a lot to his character. But part of his charisma was that - his old fidgety and nervous self.
“I see you haven’t changed a bit!” Annie spoke as she bumped her shoulder lightly at Herbie.
“Wh-what?”
“I meant that!” she replied using her eyes and lips to point at the finger that was still attached to his mouth.
“Oh.” Herbie suddenly felt embarrassed and hesitantly stopped the biting.
Herbie placed all their bags at the compar
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