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Fraudulent Flowers For Family

I was visiting Buster at his house when the

phone rang. His sister yelled from upstairs that

it was for him. He picked up the line, and from

the volume of the lady’s voice on the other end,

I knew she wasn’t happy with him, even though

I couldn’t quite tell what she was saying.

As for Buster, he was only able to

complete about half of his sentences. “Yes, but

you... No of course I wasn’t trying to... I didn’t

think it mattered where I got... What do you

mean do I have a money back guarantee?

Flowers are just flowers and I don’t... What

kind of damage could a... What more do you

want? You got it for almost nothing... If you

think you can bring it back in the same

condition... I know it’s been a week. But if you

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