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You are the answer to my lonely prayer; you are an angel from above. I was so lonely ‘till you came to me with the wonder of your love. I don’t know how I ever lived before; you are my life, my destiny.

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On one of those circumstances that I had to obtain a clearance from the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), I discovered that I had at least four namesakes registered with the agency.

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You are the answer to my lonely prayer; you are an angel from above. I was so lonely ‘till you came to me with the wonder of your love. I don’t know how I ever lived before; you are my life, my destiny.

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