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Now Jeannette started working for school newspaper, The Maroon Wave, as she loves it because she wanted to join some clubs where she feels belonged in. The most important part I got to say is that she’s starting join in and I am happy that she is doing it. Well later, Jeannette feels like she is failing Maureen as she think was keep her promise of protecting her. As she tells her a story about California of where she was born. Now that’s so sweet of her to be the protective sister of Maureen. One day, Jeannette and her father kept begging for money as her mom gave her two hundred dollars to buy food. So far she came low on money as her dad says that he will her pay the money back. Well the next evening her father disappeared again as she

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