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When We Get There

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Urdampilleta, 2001. Ignacio Rodriguez has lived his entire life in a small Argentine pueblo-- until his parents' hope for more educational opportunities in America has Ignacio packing his bags with only enough space to carry the memories of his grandparents, school, and friends with him. 

Ignacio is lifted from his comfortable life in the country and forced into the city of San Francisco. The journey to America is far from linear, and the layovers have him thinking about how different these new worlds are and how much he misses his own. 

But with Argentina's economic crisis deepening, the chance to return home is slimming. Will Ignacio adapt to his new surroundings?  Or will Ignacio and his parents pay the price for the American dream?All Rights Reserved

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My Substitute Bride

Third Sotto's wedding engagement to Katlyn Alano was about to be announced that night when his fiancee went missing leaving a note that she can't possibly marry her. To avoid a scandal , he told Katlyn's parents that he would still announce his wedding engagement to the first woman that will enter the room they were in. Iryn Caparas is the private nurse of Third's grandmother and mother. She was the niece of the majordoma of the Sottos who had already died. Iryn stayed with the Sottos even after the death of her aunt because she owes so much to the Sottos who treated her and her aunt like real family. When she entered the family room to give the medication of Third's grandmother and mother, she was surprised when afterwards Third talked to him in private and asked her to be his substitute bride. She agreed. What shall be her life as his substitute bride? Will she be able to do the duties and responsibilities as a wife to Third, who is a very rich businessman managing the family's sugarcane plantation and sugar company? The characters, places and events are all just part of the author's imagination. Although some people, places and events exist in the real world, if some events are beyond the truth then that's what fiction is all about! To understand more of the setting, please read http://www.wattpad.com/story/12436864-all-about-filipinas Happy reading!