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Hayden couldn’t answer the call as he didn’t even have the chance to hear it. He had spent the pleasantly warm night at an outdoor jazz concert with Patricia and some other young people from her circles. The invitation had come in handy for him. He wasn’t looking forward to another lonely, sleepless night of struggle in the hotel room. The girl’s carefree and liberated character was a good balance to his gloomy mood. At least, that’s how he reasoned when he had said yes to the new invitation. Three days had passed since he had visited the Parkers at their family residence, and the days spent in serious negotiations had been followed by a relaxed and cool evening’s entertainment with Patricia Parker. Although the family was a bit too loud and shrill for Hayden’s taste, he consciously sup
