2022-01-17 18:26:08Flavia visits Harold's house to criticize Maggiezine's new story. Reuben is with his grandfather watching the fishing show.
"Look, grandson, how much shrimp!" Harold marvels at the catch and the fishing nets overflowing with shrimp.
"Wow!" Reuben is amazed and awestruck.
Isabel and Flávia are on the other sofa.
"Dear mother-in-law, did you see what a horrible story Maggiezine put in place of yours?" Flavia asks disdainfully.
"I haven't had a chance to read it yet," Isabel answers truthfully.
But Flavia saw scoff and malice in Isabel's words and giggled ironically, "Of course, you haven't read it; you won't waste time with loser's stories. You're already writing the second book, correct?"
Isabel apprehensively agrees, "Well… yes, but it's not because I despise the runner-up in the contest—"
"Hey, you need to see the historical inaccuracy she got!" Flávia continues in the harsh criticism, "We don't know if the story takes
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