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 shoulders.

to touch it.

“some kind of

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protest, staring at it. “I feel so bad, thinking

hands, “It’s vintage. These minks died over sixty years ago. No new minks died so you could look

taking it in. It

into the little pockets at the bottom which help me keep

for another sixty years. Take them out! Let the world admire

the stairs, brushing my face

see Kent at the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his feet apart.

very aware of the shortness of my skirt. I don’t

him growl as his brow lowers, his eyes locked on

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

I 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

towards the

we head out of the house. On our way to meet

the ballroom at the country club, impressed. This place has a grand, old–fashioned kind of charm,

soon as we enter, a waiter comes up to offer us champagne, Kent doesn’t make eye contact with him, merely saying “whiskey, neat,” and surveying the guests. However, Daniel ist more polite, nodding

steps into the room before

out a hand

him down.

Gifts

– Meeting the

little. “I think I’d like to…visit the bathroom,” I say, “before I take

me, putting a hand on my back to show me

front of us. “I’ll take her,” he says, shaking his

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