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53. Stranger in the House
Panicking that she had nothing appropriate to wear to dinner with his parents, Finn finally gave in and took Lili to King of Prussia to go shopping and he grumbled, "Lili, if you cannot find anything in this place, we are not going anywhere else. No excuses. This place has everything!"
She was shocked as they walked in from the carpark at the enormity of the mall and the fact that they needed a map to get around the place. It might very well take days to find each other if they got lost.
They held hands as they wandered through various stores and about two hours in, she found the perfect winter dress and black boots for their evening with his parents.
He watched from where he was standing, as the look on her face changed and she walked over to him quickly, asking "Finn, what the hell are you planning to wear tonight? You cannot go to a fancy steakhouse in a cowboy outfit! That just won't do."
Oh, he was in tro
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