(eng) Pam Uphoff - Wine of The Gods 27 by Rael

Author:Rael [Rael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Rael eyed the interesting bunch of people who homed in on Kael.

"Rael, I don't believe I ever had a chance to introduce you to Mead Servaone. And her children Deim Withione and Imde Withione. Mead was my aide for, what? Fifteen years, wasn't it? She works for Interior now, over in their Cape Town office. This is my daughter Rael Withione."

They shook hands, rather formally.

Mead was a plain woman, with rather protruding eyes that edged her close to ugly. But her smile was sweet. "Goodness. I haven't seen you since you were a newborn. Deim and Imde had been born just about two weeks earlier, so I was on maternity leave." Her glance sheered over toward Kael. "I always said she ought to have kept you."

"Bah. I was much too busy. I was back across inside of three weeks. I knew Kyol would do a much better job raising Rael than I could have. So I thought she might as well have the baby full time." Kael hefted her own case, and Rael snagged Mead's and led them off to her borrowed car. Raod's late husband's car, Raod's, now that the lawsuits were settled.

The "children" were Rael's age. A pair of golden blondes.

"Are you hungry? There's any number of restaurants between here and the enclave." Rael eyed the strangers . . . including her biomother.

"Good idea. Is the Red Barn still there?" Kael held the front passenger door for Mead.

"Yep." Rael paid attention to the traffic and missed half the catching up news between Mead in the front seat, and Kael so improbably sandwiched between the kids—adults—in back.

The Barn was just outside Montevideo proper, and empty enough to seat them immediately.

Deim—pronounced Dime—was a beautiful blonde woman, looking much younger than her thirty-eight years. In her, the slightly protruding eyes just made her memorably different, without detracting from her looks. Her voice was soft. "I've heard so much about you from Aunt Kael. I'm glad to finally meet you."

Aunt Kael?

Rael let herself grin. "Good things, I hope."

Imde pressed his napkin to his mouth, coughing. Or trying to not laugh.

Rael decided to not go there, and kept on talking. "So, you live in Cape Town? Right across the ocean, pretty much."

"Yes, Imde snagged an excellent position there, oh, ten years ago, now. When a spot opened up last year, I decided it was time to get serious about my career." Mead glanced at her menu. "It was an excellent promotion, I just couldn't pass it up, however disruptive it was for Kael and Deim."

Kael nodded. "I visited a couple of times, but work . . . "

Mead smiled at Kael. "So when this wedding invitation came, I decided it was time to see Kael's childhood home. And the kids came too." Her eyes twinkled. "A chance to meet the legendary Rael might have had something to do with that."

Rael was saved from having to respond to that by the arrival of the waiter. By the time he'd departed she was able to ask about their jobs.

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