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Melissa

“Hey guys,” I sing “Thanks for co!”

Natalie and Naoe, spacious rooreen and white strea with other sweet treats, and girls are scattered about the couches, laughing and talking

“Wait aat the streamers “It’s not Christmas, is it?”

“No,” I laugh “I’ to Italy! That’s what this party is for, re”

Nao

“Of course I knew that red, green and white are Italy’s national colors,” she laughs “At least I think I did,” she giggles

Meanwhile, Natalie rolls her eyes and thrusts a gift into my hands

“Just a little going away present from me, Gary, and Gascon,” she says with a wicked smile “I think you’ll like it”

I look at her with my eyebrows raised

“Is it so that I should wait to do when I’m in private?”

Natalie lets out a peal of laughter, tossing her curly brown hair back

“You can open it here,” she says with a giggle “It’s not that crazy, at least not by Dads and Daughters standards”

We all laugh while joining the other girls on the couches The at because we’re a close-knit group We’re the daughters of the Dads and Daughters club, and the ladies have gathered today to throwaway party I’e, and it’s going to be fun Of course, I don’t quite knohat I’hter, I’ll have first dibs on the Italian truckers traveling through Milan, and that’s worth it to me

But this afternoon, quite a few ladies have colinting brown eyes tell ift She’s with Gary and Gascon, two handsolory holes