" i'm sorry you haven't got any family here ." sam remarked as we ate dover sole and scallops .
" my father vanished when i was samll , my mother is dead , and i don't have any siblings or cousins ."
"i'm sorry ."
" i don't miss what i've never had ," i added stubbornly , insistenly ." it's not terrible .
sam might have said : we are your family now . but he didn't .
at the end of the meal i watched nathan proffer his platinum credit card to pay the bill , and thought with relief that i would not have to worry about money any more . i went to say good -bye to aunt ann , stooping over the wheelchair and inhaling face powder and dust from he hat with a black feather ." good bye . thankyou so much for coming ."
she raised a startling thin hand blotched with liver spots , on which rattled a platinum wedding ring and diamond solitaire , and touched my cheek ." so nice ." she murmured , and i felt a rush of unexpected tears . they say cynics are the only thru romantics . i was marriyng nathan without nay of the true and proper feelings , only nonfeeelings , but i was oing it all the same . and aunt ann ann's touch was worth more than it was possble to describe .
popy was hovering ." aunt ann . we must take you home . i promised that i would not let you overdo things ."
her exhaustion and confusion obvious , aunt ann groped for her words ." good-bye , rose ," sahe said .
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