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.”

goes to wrap it around my

say, not wanting to touch it. “Is it…like real?

she scolds, “some

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it. “I feel so bad, thinking about

taking my face in her hands, “It’s vintage. These minks died over sixty years ago. No new minks died so

it in.

say anything, tucking my hands into the little pockets at the bottom which help

little minks, to leave them in the closet for another sixty

the stairs, brushing my face against the

the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his

aware of the shortness of my skirt. I don’t break eye

his

of the stairs. “Wow, you look stunning.” He gives me a big smile and I start to move again, focusing on him as I come

say, giving him a little punch on his shoulder. “You

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Gifts

– Meeting the Family–2

bashful smile, and I’m reminded again just how good–looking my fiancé is. Both of our faces turn to Kent, though, as he snorts at us,

on,” he says, nodding towards the door. “The

house. On our way to meet

place has a grand, old–fashioned kind of charm, with freshly buffed fine oak floors, brass chandeliers, and sweeping

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

get a few steps into the room before

plump woman says, hurrying over and reaching out a hand to take

him down.

Gifts

– Meeting the

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

turning with me, putting a hand on my back to show me the

“I’ll take her,” he says, shaking his head. “You’ve been kind of hovering all

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