Chapter 6The dinner party my sister gave for me was just for family. It was relaxed and pleasant, including all my favorite dishes, and there seemed to be an air of something—anticipation, perhaps?—in the atmosphere. Was Gregor going to wheel out a cake at the end and have a scantily clad young lady pop out?
They’d had no qualms doing that at my bachelor party so many years earlier, but they wouldn’t do that with Portia here. I pushed the notion, as amusing as it was fanciful, from my mind.
Once dinner was finished, we went into the family room, and Gregor placed a disc into the DVD player.
“We’re going to watch a movie?” I asked, a little disappointed that my last night with my family would be spent in that manner.
“Family movies, Bryan.” Portia smiled at me.
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