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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape56">support you whenever you need me. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape90">strongly advise you see another </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape58">Thank you. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape21">for 20 years. We’ve been through school together and we just </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape92">works. Thanks for contacting me, </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape22">have to part ways at some point. Which we had done. This is </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape23">almost two years since we finished school. It’s really been a </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape25">Ben types: Still on it. Currently trying to get it across to </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape96">Ben opens and reads a letter. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape63">Congrats! It’s a great feat </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape27">no”. I’m not giving up, nonetheless. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape66">very best! </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape30">Ben types: Thanks man. What’s up with you now? </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape100">INT. ROOM — NIGHT </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape34">year now. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape42">keel in touch with each other over the phone. Let’s keep table </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape81">Hello Ben, I know you’ve been </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape45">my success in a not-too-distant future. </paragraph>
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<paragraph index="0" node_type="common" object_name="Shape47">later. So, long friend! </paragraph>
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