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Days quickly passed by and marked the end of the month of April. Maan, Gil, Angel and John continued with their daily routine. Maan and Angel grew closer to each other. Angel and John are both hardworking and dedicated working for GilYan’s Kitchen. There was only one day when they requested to leave for work and that was the day of Maan’s pre-natal check up. One week before the scheduled check up, they already informed them and John even looked for a temporary replacement for him which Maan thought to be very considerate of him. Angel also has a visible baby bump now to which Maan was very fond of. She usually touches it every morning and considers it a lucky charm. Angel teases her to make her own so her baby will have a playmate soon which Maan replies with a smile.
Wednesday evening while Gil and Maan were having dinner, the tv program that they were watching was suddenly interrupted with an announcement from the president.
“The lock down that is c
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