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White LiesGio Alfino felt that God was with him since the day he was born. It had been a long time since Italy held the papacy, following a historically dominating run. The Americas passed around the title for a few decades, with an occasional European native in between, but never again an Italian. Growing up, Gio prayed every night that it would be him.The Alfino family had a longstanding tradition of packing their bags - particularly the Italian flag, framed above the fireplace and lined with gold fringes - and taking the train from Portue...
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The Big One Only one person can break a record. People work their whole lives to break records- to set new records- that other people will work their whole lives to try and break. Some people are born to be record breakers. When Angus Whitworth took his first breath, he’d already crushed several. The hospital brought many lives in and out alongside the setting sun of the southern west coast. Doctors overseeing Angus’s birth all recalled hearing someone utter the phrase ‘The Big One’, like the fishermen of a nearby harbor hoping for the most ...
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