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He gives me a charming, 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, shaking his head.
“Come on,” he says, nodding towards the door. “The cars are
waiting.”
With that, we head out of the house. On our way to meet my
entire family.
I whistle a little as we walk into the ballroom at the country. club, impressed. This place has 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 southern wall.
As 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 is more polite, nodding and smiling as he takes two glasses from the tray, passing one to me.
We only get a few steps into the room before we are bombarded
with attention.
“Is this her?” A plump woman says, hurrying over and reaching
out a hand to take mine. “Is this our darling lost Fay?”
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“Um,” I say, smiling at her, pleased at the warm reception but
already a little overwhelmed. “Hello –”
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“Yes,” Kent says, stepping forward, not letting the woman pull me
away. “This is Fay. We’re so pleased to be here, Rosemary.”
The woman pauses, giving him a warm smile. “Well of course, we’re always glad to see you, Kent,” she says, her eyes darting
between us.
“Rosemary is your aunt,” Kent tells me, accepting the glass of whiskey that the waiter is quick to bring back. He takes a
sip, looking to me, apparently allowing me to continue the
conversation.
I open my mouth, wondering what to say, but Rosemary picks
it up for me. “We remember you from when you were a baby, of
course,” she says, gushing, waving several people over from a
nearby table.
I blink in surprise- but of course, they would have known me. Of course I had biological aunts, and uncles, and cousins – people
who loved me as a child. I just had really never thought of it
before.
It seems like I meet hundreds of people that night – the large Italian family I never knew that I had. Everyone wants to say hello, pressing my hand, telling memories they had of me, welcoming
- me.
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People from Daniel’s side are here too – fewer, of course, but
several cousins with the same dark hair and green eyes. I’m pleased to meet them all, but I admit that I’m surprised that Kent stays at my side the entire time–sometimes interceding with the answer to a question before I can provide it, sometimes guiding
me towards or away from a certain person with a little tap from his
hand on my lower back.
He doesn’t interfere, quite – but he is a constant presence during the evening.
As we work our way across the floor, I see that we’re heading – ever so subtly towards my father and his wife at the front of the room. The children are there – Romulus stands on a chair to wave at me before his mother tugs him down.
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