Gifts

Chapter 28 – Meeting the Family–1

Fiona gives me a tart little smack on the butt then, breaking my reverie and laughing as she hurries over to the jewelry box waiting on my vanity. I give her a weird look and cover my ass with my hands. “What is with people today,” I murmur.

She laughs again as she comes over to me, standing behind me so that she can hook the diamond solitaire around my neck on its slim silver chain.

“You got the ring?” she asks, smacking her gum.

“Oh, yeah,” I murmur, walking swiftly over to my bedside drawer and pulling it open. I reach towards the back, fishing it out and pushing it swiftly onto my left hand.

When I look at Fiona, she’s crossing her arms and shaking her head at me.

“A million–dollar diamond,” she says, “and you shove it in your bedside drawer?”

“Um,” I say, biting my lip in response. I hadn’t even thought about it. I look around, wondering where else I should have put

it

“Nevermind,” she says, laughing at me more.

“Fiona,” I say, taking in her vintage Juicy velour sweatsuit. “Won’t you please come? I’ll feel so much better with you there.”

comfortable here.”

I frown at her, knowing that something’s up. But, she knows more about this world than I do. If she doesn’t want to go, I’m not going to push her.

“Okay,” I say, sighing as I headed for the door.

“Wait wait!” she calls, unzipping a garment bag and revealing a gorgeous mink stole.

“Oh my god,” I say, walking back towards it. “It’s beautiful

“Yeah,” she says, admiring it. “Vintage. You lucky girl.”

wrap it around my shoulders.

wanting to touch it. “Is it…like real? Were

she scolds, “some

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at it. “I feel so bad, thinking about those little animals –“

minks died over sixty

eyes taking it

my hands into the little pockets at the bottom which help me keep it

the closet for another sixty years. Take them out! Let

face against

halfway down, when I see Kent at the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his feet

abruptly very aware of

him growl as his brow

gives me a big smile and I start to move again, focusing on him as

a little punch on his shoulder. “You look pretty cute

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Gifts

28 – Meeting

is. Both of our faces turn to Kent, though,

the door. “The cars are

of the house. On our way to meet my entire family.

kind of charm, with freshly buffed fine oak floors, brass chandeliers,

us champagne, Kent doesn’t make eye contact with him, merely saying “whiskey, neat,” and surveying the guests. However, Daniel ist more polite, nodding and smiling as he takes

a few steps into the room before

plump woman says, hurrying over and reaching out a hand to take mine. “Is this our darling

him down.

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– Meeting the Family–3

“I think I’d like to…visit the bathroom,” I say,

turning with me, putting a hand on my back to

face frustrated as he steps in front of us. “I’ll take

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