Sarcastic Street-Smart Max Black Research Paper

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They’re broke. Sarcastic, street-smart Max Black met the sophisticated, school-smart Caroline Channing when the uptown trust fund princess was having a run of bad luck as a result of her father’s Wall Street scandal, which caused her to lose all her money and try waitressing. Max was astounded that Caroline had as much substance as style. Caroline learned that Max had a knack for baking cupcakes and visualized a lucrative future for them. With some financial help from a friend, they opened a cupcake shop, lost the shop and opened an after-hours cupcake window at the

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