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"Likewise" Bella’s et off the train?"

The question putto figure out whether or not I was a Harkness student Maybe I’m paranoid, but the only other Hispanic dudes in this roolasses It was hard not to get a chip on your shoulder sometimes

"Rafe lives ininto the question "And we have a class together Urban Studies"

"Lovely," Lydia said, seating herself again

"Here, belleza," I said, using a Spanish word for "beautiful" which had the sairlfriend, that’s what I’d call her I pulled out Bella’s chair with a save me the wide eyes as she sat down "Thank you"

Bella’s mother -- Lydia -- asked us a coupleblandly A band started up in the opposite corner of the room, and we all turned to look It was a nine-piece band and when they began to play, Bella’s mother reached for her husband’s hand "You’ll dance with lass "I was going to make a trip to the bar"

She stood and smiled at him "You can do that after we foxtrot"

With a weary chuckle, he stood "It’s a deal"

I watched the his wife’s hand gaht When I was sixty-five, with two grown kids, I hopedgulp of her wine "Brace yourself Here co Bella’s sister was too thin, though She looked angular in places where Bella was soft Her senuine as her sister’s, either And it was hard to get a fix on her age She probably wasn’t that much older than Bella, but she carried herself stiffly, like so in for a kiss on the cheek She went for both sides, too, which caught Bella off guard

"What, are we European now?" she asked

Her sister’s ht "I haven’t seen you in forever, that’s all" She looked to me as I rose from my chair to shake her hand "I’m Julie," she offered

"Rafe It’s a pleasure"

"The pleasure isher little purse on the table "I never meet Bella’s friends anyrit her teeth Her wine glass was empty, and that wouldn’t do I stood "Julie, you don’t have a drink, yet Can I make a run to the bar for you?"