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She’s hopping in her seat in exciteht me my favorite perfume and a beautiful silver bracelet "Oh, thank you! I love it!"

"Can I borrow it?" We all laugh and I’one a bit overboard The brothers all pitched in on a gift card

"More shopping!" Jules and I exclaihs next to me and kisses ive ift card to use at the Microsoft store in Bellevue Wow

"Thank you so much"

"Our pleasure, dear" Lucy smiles and kisses Sophie’s sweet head

"Ours next" Gail handswith purple paper

"This party is h!"

"You will not sass us," Steven shakes his finger at iggle

"I will take you overto find a pair of earrings that I recognize and I gasp, searching their faces

They are both s tenderly at me

"These are yours" I look back down at the beautiful diaer over them They’ve been recently cleaned and sparkle in the soft evening light

"We want you to have them," Gail has tears in her eyes and I’o to Jules" My voice is thick with tears

"I have plenty of jewelry They should be yours Nana loved you"

Jules is running her hand down my hair and I just know that if I move I will cry

I’m so overwhelmed by the love this family has for me

I shakeGail and Steven tightly Gail dabs at her eyes and Steven cups irl"

"I love you too Thank you"

I take my seat and look up into Luke’s beautiful face He sers

"Last but not least" Luke sets a manila envelope before me

"No, honey, you’ve done way too much already" I shake my head and scoot it back across the table toward him

"Open it," he says, exasperated and pushes it back toward me

"Just open it already!" Will yells frolare at hih and I open the envelope

I pull out two passports and an itinerary I read the itinerary and feel the blood leaveto Tahiti?!"

The table erupts hoops and whistles and shouts of joy The brothers applaud, giving Luke a standing ovation and he laughs