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Ladies First


LADIES FIRST
ALBERT AND CRYSTAL WERE BROTHER AND SISTER, LIVING IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WHEN THEY WERE 10 THEY TOOK THE BUS TO SCHOOL. CRYSTAL WOULD ALWAYS TELL ALBERT,
“LADIES FIRST.” A DECADE PASSED AND THEY WERE BOTH 20, WHEN THEY WOULD
GO TO THEME PARKS OR PUBLIC PLACES, CRYSTAL WOULD ALWAYS SAY “LADIES FIRST.”
50 YEARS PASSED AND ONE DAY ALBERT GOT A CALL FROM CRYSTAL’S HUSBAND SAYING
HIS SISTER IS REALLY ILL. 2 HOURS AFTER ALBERT ARRIVED, CRYSTAL DIED.
IN HIS MIND, ALBERT SAID “LADIES FIRST.”
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