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"When does Gen get in?"

She tuts at ht Just in ti Day" Hattie shoots past us and slaain "Oh, mon bébés You will not ruin your beautiful hair, non?"

"No, Maman," I say

She’s the only fah, scientifically speaking, she ene somewhere – and this has made her overly protective of ours Her own hair is the colour of coffee beans Maht and the same upturned nose Gen is tiny like us, while Hattie takes after our dad, tall and slim with sharp features But Dad’s the only one with a scruffy, burnt-orange beard

"A package arrived for you this enerally mellow, so the way he announces this news is peculiar It’s hesitant Maybe even a tad hostile "I put it in your bedrooe?"

"It was delivered by courier I think it’s fro the sense that he does not like this Joshua, but "

"The box is heavy"

I’ upstairs

"He is still your boyfriend, oui?" Marind to a halt "Becausehiirlfriend I do not like this, Isla"

I frown "He was protecting s, slow and full-bodied "It sounded like he was looking for tail"

"Tail? Ohme to defend this I haven’t even been home for five minutes

"Why didn’t he deliver the box himself?" Dad asks "He’s been in this city for three whole weeks, but he can’t be bothered to introduce himself to your parents? It’s the least he could do after what he’s put us through"

"What he’s put you through?" I throwover this with you again And he sent a courier because he had a plane to catch To go to the White House To have dinner with the president Re to do," Dad says

"Why? So you can harass him about school?"

"We do want to knohat his plans are for the future, yes"