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I turned and sighed. It was Olivia who interrupted our little chat, and this time with company in the form of a middle-aged couple. The wife wore a simple ensemble shorts and a white shirt, though around her neck was an extravagant diamond necklace. The man was in the same sort of attire, and in one hand he held a short leash attached to which was a large black labrador. The dog wagged its tail at me and drooled. We hastily stood and each of us slapped a smile on our faces.
“There you two are! I was afraid after all that commotion that you’d run away before the fireworks and disappointed me!” she scolded us.
“We wouldn’t think of it, Olivia,” Will replied.
“Good! Now William, Grace, I would like to introduce you to some of my oldest and dearest friends, the Dodson's, Nicholas
