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A few years after Bautista closed his business I casually met him in a cafe nearby the Town Hall. After saying hello to him and asking how were things going (not very well, I must say) we started talk...
A few years after Bautista closed his business I casually met him in a cafe nearby the Town Hall. After saying hello to him and asking how were things going (not very well, I must say) we started tal
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