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The crazy truth
THE CRAZY TRUTH
Saturdays are for resting! Mark opened the house door and Lillian walked in,she was shocked to see Joy in the living room,she hardly leaves her room. Joy looked at the couple,greeted them politely and left the parlour. On some days she behaved cool and on other days,she was hot headed.
Lillian was cleaning the kitchen when Mark's phone rang,the conversation was short. After the call,he spoke to Lillian from the sitting room.
" Sweets,I'll be back,I need to be somewhere". He rushed to his room and changed his clothes. He wore jean pants and a blue T-shirt .
"Sweets,where?" Mark didn't reply,he just rushed out.
Now, it was just Lillian and Joy at home. After cleaning the house,she slept in her room. She didn't do much wor
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