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.”

she goes to wrap it around

say, not wanting to touch it. “Is

are you,” she scolds, “some kind

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

These minks died over sixty years ago. No

hesitate, my eyes taking it in. It

I can say anything, tucking my hands into the little pockets

these little minks, to leave them in the closet for another sixty years. Take them

brushing my face against the

the bottom standing with his arms crossed, his feet apart.

aware of the shortness of my skirt. I don’t break eye contact though. Instead, I bite my bottom

as his brow lowers, his eyes locked on mine.

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

little punch on

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Gifts

– Meeting the

again just how good–looking my fiancé is.

says, nodding towards the door. “The cars are

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

a grand, old–fashioned kind of charm, with freshly buffed fine oak floors, brass chandeliers, and sweeping views of the golf greens all along the

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 and smiling

into the room before we are

over and reaching out a hand to take mine. “Is this our

him down.

Gifts

28 – Meeting

to…visit the bathroom,” I say,

hand on my back to show me

face frustrated as he steps in front of us. “I’ll take her,” he says, shaking

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