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When Mandy turned eighteen Carol and Arthur threw her a beautiful birthday party at the family´s island.
There were flowers everywhere and the place looked like a dream, more than ever.
Carol´s new assistants, Debbie and Harvey had made sure that everything was just perfect.
Mark had a personal request and Carol was delighted to hear about it. He asked to have one thousand candles spread all around the place.
The party was going to start with lunch, then they would have pool games and activities at the seashore, like volleyball, jet-skiing or surfing.
The elderly people could have drinks by the pool or enjoy card games inside the enormous beach house.
And when night came, for the dinner to be served in the outside tables, there would be the romantic candles.
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Mama Castle and the grandparents were the first to arrive because they wanted to make suggestions and enjoy the preparations as well as the party.
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