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Chapter 12
MANUELA'S POV
When I entered the house, my heart was broken into a thousand pieces. Why can't you be happy without going through a gale and ruining everything? I had lived the most special and important night of my life. I saved myself all these years so that my first time would be with the great love of my life. I loved Ric with all my heart and I always hoped that one day he would love me too.
When we first kissed in the hospital bed, I thought I was delusional. I thought it had all been a dream, after all I was very drugged with so many drugs. But the second time, on the beach, I thought I was going to faint from happiness. I was so accomplished that I had already made all the plans in my head. I really wanted to marry Ric, but I didn't know if he was on the same wavelength as me. That's why I went to talk to Dr. Marcondes. I told him how much I loved his son. We talked for hours and when I told him I had taken a course in rei
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