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Hello Mum
How’s you been and how’s the family? I heard cousin Nicole recently got married. Please send my regards to her. School has been going well and I recently went to restock my foodstuff in the mall close by. And I was about to checkout, I saw the most dreadful incident.
A woman and her 3 children were caught shoplifting in the mall. They each carried baskets, filling them with food and instead of heading to the checkout, they dashed through the exit. Everyone, including the security guards was startled which started to chase them minutes later. The shop continued to run as usual, I checked out and I was leaving. However, something struck me on my way out. I got a closer look at the shoplifting family. They were clearly starving. One

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