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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#000000;font-weight:400">(Earth - Shadow Pines- Hamptons - Foyer - SFI - Lt Michael Weston - 1817)</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">“Glad you could make it,” he said. “I’m hoping the idea of Quinna can finally get some
acceptance from our girl.”</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">"That's all right, I've got this." Steven picked Leeza up. "She is going to retire to her room until she cools off and you can play with her
later."</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">Michael sighed. He understood what Steve was trying to do, and he needed to allow him to assert his parental authority. He gave up that right,
as he should have. He just hoped that it had the effect he had hoped, and not backfire against Quinna. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">It was clear that the Hammons had taken Leeza to their heart. She was, after all, easy to love. All he could do was watch as Steve, with Leeza
hefted over his shoulder like a piece of luggage, climbed the stairs to their room.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">He looked over at Quinna and gave her a half smile and a shrug. This was no longer his responsibility. Quinna was. He went into the master
bedroom and found a jacket. When he came back out he held the jacket out to her to help her put it on.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">“Mi-lady,” he said with a smile.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">(reply Quinna)</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:#201f1e;background-color:#ffffff;font-weight:400">“Shall we go down to the fire and check in on the good doctors?”</span></p>
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