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"You're amazing!" Mary said to Letitia.
At first, Letitia was glad but mostly confused. Then she laughed as if that was the greatest joke she has ever heard in a long time.
"Good one!" she said as she does a tear from the corner of her eye. Mary was confused while laughing with her. "Now, please leave. I have work to do."
"Okay. . ." She walked out of the place and just when she was about a meter away, she turned around and said, "Want me to play a song for you?"
"No, thanks," Letitia refused with a smile. "I have to concentrate on my work."
Mary walked away and pouted her lips in dissatisfaction. Letitia was back on track with what she was doing. It was a relief but she knew that she just gave up her chance of finally having a friend. She dismissed what she felt and reasoned that working was more important.