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Overall, the weekend with the clan ell--after the duel and the affair of the tiara, that is Even better, Doug had left soon after the council ain after our aard breakup

Now if only I could hire a cat burglar to get my tiara back frooing to have to rely on William

Several days later, I akened early--after having gone to bed too late--whenin the darkness, I fulimpse of the clock: five am This had better be an international call or I’d be pissed

Glancing at the caller ID, I confir fro? She knew damn well the time difference between LA and Sarajevo I cleared my throat but still croaked into the phone "Hello?"

"Janja" The familiar voice in my ear called me by my childhood name, as only er years ever did

My head fell back against the pillow "Maja You knohat tiht?"

She answered e, and we carried on like that--as ays did--with her speaking in one language andher in the other The two of us were fluent in both, but this strange practice reflected our adopted nationalities We oslavia and we both cairls, but now she was Bosnian and I was American

"I’ets home from work"

I frowned "Why? What’s wrong?"

"Nothing Everything’s great In fact, it’s a married!"

I sat up, unable to suppress the sleepy s my lips "I’m so happy"

"It’s all thanks to you I don’t knohat I would have done without the reed to let us marry"

Sanjin’s fa on the bride’s fa Even in the old country, that was straight out of the nineteenth century But as usual, I bit ue about that No need to upset my sister from thousands of miles away