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I stepped back a little, looking at her"You...
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I stepped back a little, looking at her"You look
pretty fine yourself
She laughed, blushing, a stranger with whom I had
once spent my nights"Make-up covers a multitude
of sins
"Daddy, this is Ric Doussault," Melinda said
"Bonsoir and congratulations, Monsieur
Freemantle," Ric saidHe was holding a plain
white boxThe gift?"
I knew what un cadeau was, of course; the real
revelation was the exotic lilt his accent gave to
my daughter's nicknameIt made me understand in a
way nothing else could that she was now more his
than mine
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It seemed to me that the majority of the people in
the gallery had gathered around to watch me open
my presentTom Riley had made it almost to Pam's
shoulderBozie was next to chanel watch himFrom just behind
them, Margaret Bozeman skated me a kiss from the
heel of her palmNext to her was Todd Jamieson,
the doctor who had saved my lifetwo sets of
aunts and unclesRudy Rudnick, my old
secretaryKamen, of course, he was impossible
to missand Kathi by his sideThey had all
come, everyone but Wireman and Jack, and I was
beginning to wonder if something had happened to
keep them awayBut for the moment that seemed
secondaryI thought of waking up in my hospital
bed, confused and separated from everything by
unremitting pain, then I looked around at this and
wondered how things could possibly have changed so
completelyAll these people had come back into my
life for one nightI didn't want to cry, but I
was hermes birkin 35cm pretty sure I was going to; I could feel
myself starting to dissolve like a tissue in a
cloudburst
"Open it, Daddy!" Ilse saidI could smell her
perfume, something sweet and fresh
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"Open it! Open it!" Good-natured voices from the
packed circle watching usPulled out some white tissue
paper and uncovered what I had expected
although I had expected something jokey, and this
was no jokeThe beret Melinda and Ric had brought
me from France was dark red velvet, and smooth as
silk to the touchIt had not come cheap
"This is too nice," I said
"No, Daddy," Melinda saidWe
only hope it fits
I took it out of the box and held it upThe
audienced ohh-ed appreciativelyMelinda and Ric
looked at each other happily, and Pam - chanel tote who felt
Lin somehow never got her proper share of
affection or approval from me (and she was
probably right) - gave me a look that was
positively radiantThen I put the beret onIt
was a perfect fitMelinda reached up, made one
tiny adjustment, faced the watching audience,
turned her palms outward to me, and said: "Voici
mon pere, ce magnifique artiste!" They burst into
applause and cries of Bravo! Ilse kissed meShe
was crying and laughingI remember the white
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vulnerability of her neck and the feel of her lips,
just above my jaw
I was the belle of the ball and I had my family
around meThere was light and champagne and music
It happened four years ago, on the evening of
April fifteenth, between seven louis vuitton diaper bag tote forty-five and
eight o'clock, while the shadows on Palm Avenue
were just beginning to take on the first faint
tinges of blueThis is a memory I keep
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I toured them around, with Tom and Bozie and the
rest of the Minnesota crowd tagging afterMany of
those present might have been first-time gallery
attendees, but they were polite enough to give us
some space
Melinda paused for a full minute in front of
Sunset with Sophora, then turned to me, almost
accusingly"If you could do this all along, Dad,
why in God's name did you waste thirty years of
your life putting up County Extension buildings?"
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"Melinda Jean!" Pam said, but absentlyShe was
looking toward the center room, where the Girl and
Ship paintings hung balenciaga twiggy bag suspen
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