Alien in the Family by Gini Koch

Author:Gini Koch [Koch, Gini]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: DAW
Published: 2011-04-05T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 42

“HI, KITTY,” ALFRED SAID with a wide smile. “Nice to see you.”

I had nowhere to run, so went for casual. “Hi, Alfred. How goes the gambling?”

“Not as well as things up here,” he said with a wicked grin. The exact same wicked grin his son had. Martini was a little taller than his father, but otherwise, he was an exact replica, including personality.

“Dad, stop drooling at my fiancée.” Martini shook his head. “Does Mom know you lust after my girl?”

Alfred rolled his eyes. “Always with you it’s the jealousy. I don’t lust after Kitty, Son. I’m just pleased you’re marrying so well.” He winked at me. “Don’t tell him about our trip to Aruba, okay?”

I couldn’t help it, I laughed. “Secret’s safe with me.” I noticed Alfred had a large clothing bag with hangers in it. “Doing some shopping for Lucinda?” It was from the same store where I’d sort of bought my naked-in-fabric outfit.

Alfred grinned and handed the bag to me. “No. Picked up some things for you.”

“For me?” I took the bag and looked at both of them. “Um, why?”

Martini shrugged. “Why not?”

They both had the exact same expression on their faces: they were pleased with themselves but a little worried about my reaction. I thought about mentioning how exorbitant the prices at this store were, but it dawned on me that if Martini cared about it, he wouldn’t have had his father pick up whatever it was he’d picked up.

“Okay. Um, I’ll just go into the bedroom and take a look.”

I sort of backed away, resisting the urge to look in the bag. Truth be told, there hadn’t been anything in that store that wasn’t sexy and appealing. As I walked past the sofa, there was a mewling and the Poofs put their heads up. They saw me and started purring. I picked Harlie up and petted it. As I did so, it spotted Alfred.

Confirmed the Poofs had hyperspeed, because Harlie gave a huge mewl of what sounded like joy to me, then all the Poofs were all over Alfred, purring and rubbing on him.

“Where did you get these?” he asked me.

“Long story. Jeff, you want to cover it or want me to?”

“Check out the bag. I’ll bring my dad up to speed.” I could tell he was getting worried that I wasn’t going to like whatever was in the bag, so I nodded and trotted into the bedroom.

I resolved to love whatever it was, because even if it was somehow hideous, Martini had clearly gone to some effort, and so had his father. I poured the bag’s contents onto the bed and started to laugh.

Okay, he’d loved the outfit Reader had picked out for me, because there was another one in here. There were also bags from other shops. Alfred had been spending the time since Martini’s phone call cruising the mall.

Lingerie, shoes, a couple more incredibly sheer and sexy outfits, it was all here. The shoes fit and were comfortable, which amazed and relieved me.

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