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Speaker 1: Steve Tasker, and Chris Brown here in Buffalo, Thanks so

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Speaker 1: much for joining us. How are you and your family

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Speaker 1: so far? How you guys doing, man, I'm doing well.

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Speaker 1: My family and I are safe. We're at home, quarantined

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Speaker 1: doing in this setting, Marquise, give people an insight as

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Speaker 1: to what was behind your decision. Basically, my baby, my

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Speaker 1: We got pregnant in two thou seventeen and two thousand

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Speaker 1: for me, it's a no braining But you know, guys

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Speaker 1: so financially, I'm good. You know, I've saved my money

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Speaker 1: didn't make my money my money. My decision was not

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Speaker 1: I flash, I really don't have any other question. It's

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Speaker 1: for you. I just I want to wish you and

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Speaker 1: is just she's just a shining light. I remember doing

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Speaker 1: miss you up here in Buffalo. But I'll let Steve

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Speaker 1: close things up. So it was really good to talk

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Speaker 1: to you, and I hope you're yeah, go ahead, can

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Speaker 1: Y'll send me from ELM wings from Buffalo because I

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Speaker 1: other day I saw Dad mark Markuis. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for spending some time with it. We miss you, man,

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Speaker 1: We wish you all the best, and we hope to

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Speaker 1: see your return in twenty twenty one to the National

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