We stayed in a hotel where you were not allowed to swim in the pool after 5 p.m., but I wanted to. My husband advised against it, but I was stubborn. I came back happy, and he looked at me wide-eyed: “Here’s your punishment!” He showed a video on his phone: I’m swimming, suddenly… At…
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