since being bowled over by his uncle 's determined romancing , rafferty 's ' auntie ' claire had transferred her ambitions to her children . rafferty was grateful to have confirmed his conviction that none of those ambitions included marrying one of her daughters to him . but he still suffered a twinge of unease . because his ma was also a woman of ambition

'' well , i 'm definitely not trusting your translations . that 's for sure . '' the owner came back with two glasses of red wine , which he placed on the table between us . '' for you . for marriage . '' i smiled . this fake marriage had perks after all . '' danke , '' i said to the owner

there are a lot of aspects about the law the average person does n't know . '' '' so i 'm average ? thanks . '' '' you know what i mean . i was just using you as an example . '' '' why are invisibility cloaks illegal ? '' '' what 's the first thing you would do if you were invisible

i tell you what , take some of that jerky in that jar , it 's getting old anyway . '' rego nodded with an eager smile and grabbed a couple sticks of jerky . he quickly started to devour them . '' how long have you been in la paz ? '' he asked . '' about an hour , '' rego said with a mouthful of
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