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You shy, Francesca?” Javier asks me later on. I shake my head. “Not really.” I’m just sad, I want to say. And I’m lonely.
Melina Marchetta
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Melina Marchetta
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: March 25
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Carmelina Marchetta
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