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Her parents yelled her name, but Jet’s incredulous voice drowned theht--dude is lame"

"JET!" It was Alex She flew into a rapid strea looked up at Ria and winked "Sit Eat"

And oddly enough, Ria did The fah the entire ured Tolared at her son "Maybe he’s just being respectful of your sister"

"No effing way" A skeptical snort "Men aren’t that noble when it comes to wo "When I saw Amber, all I wanted to do was--"

"You finish that sentence," Alex threatened, "and you’ll be breathing fire I’ll put so rinned and blew Jet a kiss "You know, it sounds to et hi a bit on the side"

Simon’s mouth fell open at this scandalous contribution frohter-in-law

Miaoling ate another shriht Like father, like son"

Silence Deeper More shocked

FIVE

Simon cleared his throat "Mother," he said, his tone that of a man who knows he’s done for,

"is that true?"

"You think I’randdaughter"

Leaning back, Miaoling actually cackled "This tiot up and headed toward her rooed when all eyes turned to her "Don’t look at me"

"Eat soo bad if we don’t finish it tonight"

Everyone ate But the instant Miaoling walked back into the roo the sa’s, Miaoling sat down and opened an envelope

Ria’s eyes hen she saw the photograph in her

grandue down the throat of the woman everyone knew as his secretary "Oh,her hands over her eyes "I can’t bear it Essie’s one ofwaved off the objection "She knows Doesn’t care--it keeps To lanterns this year"

"Popo," Ria said, choking, "how did you--"

"What do you think Mr Wong and I talk about?" She turned her gaze to Ria’s parents "Want to know about the apartht his mistress?"

Alex looked like she was about to keel over "Mistress?" It was a thin sound

A sense of fair play induced Ria to attempt to defend Tom After all, she was now involved with Emmett "Grandmother, no one hasfor the right time to tell me he’d fallen for soh to stop the charade of their non-engage to beat him up about that Chances were, he’d needed tiainst familial pressure

"I talked to her"

Jet whooped at Miaoling’s words, while Amber shushed him and said, "How, Nana?"

"I’’s eyes gleairl, too nice for Tom She’s so sad for hiirl--"

"That snake!" Alex’s hand clenched on a sharp knife as Ria’s sympathy for To to change between the Tom’s set it all up so he can visit her on his way hoht He’s even

pros are to his wife"

Simon looked at Ria, a tic in his jaw "If you even think about tie you and send you to live with , Ria walked around to hug her parents But she waited until she was alone with her granduts to pull ’s wrinkled hand was a touch of love against her cheek "I always knew you’d find your voice Don’t ever let anyone

take it away from you"