Ransom Girl (Moon Girl Book 3) by Al Past

Author:Al Past [Past, Al]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ashton Publishing Group
Published: 2020-04-28T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 45: Family Reunion

“You must be tired, Dear Sister. I know I am, and I only traveled across this country, not from the moon.”

“I am exhausted, First Sister. I hope no one took offense that we left the reception early.”

“I’m certain no one did. Uncle Rothan and Herecyn looked as if they could talk and eat and drink all night long, enough for the four of us.”

“If that happens I will see them tomorrow. I think I will unpack some of my things and change clothes and relax. Will you join me?”

“Gladly. I hope you find your accommodations to your liking.”

“They seem quite adequate. I was getting so tired of the same small rooms on the moon station and the ship. Anything new is welcome.”

“Please relax, by all means. If I can help show you how to use anything, I will be glad to. The water valves in the bath area can be quite perplexing.”

“Thank you, dear sister. I would welcome your help arranging my clothes in the, what do they call it? The closet?”

She used the English word.

Ana nodded as Ianthe began pulling out clothes and laying them on the bed.

It was odd how different the two of them were. Had Ana been in Ianthe’s place, she would have at least opened the curtains to look out the windows. Perhaps Ianthe really was exhausted.

It wasn’t surprising that she had been worried about giving offense at their early departure from the reception. Thomans were generally more formal than most people Ana had met on Earth, and their speech and observance of ceremony and manners was quite punctilious. She had heard that Japanese culture was that way too, but except for her acquaintance with Mioko, one of the babysitters, she hadn’t been able to sample it.

Perhaps Ianthe was simply an incurious person. Ana remembered Ianthe had not remarked on the penguins or anything else on the fascinating polar island she had visited the year before. She tried to remember if their second sister, Onela, was like that. It saddened her that she couldn’t recall. Ianthe, however, was curious about one thing at least.

“I was astonished, I must admit, Dear Sister, to hear of your marriage! One might guess from your profile that you are a mother. Do you have pictures?”

Normally not prominent, Ana’s bust did look quite maternal these days.

“I do, yes.”

She fished briefly in her embarrassingly small backpack to locate the snapshots she had brought of the four of them.

“Twins! So beautiful! You are blessed, sister! And what a fine, exotic-looking man! I have a hundred questions. You must tell me everything!”

The two sisters chatted and arranged things in the suite for several happy hours. Ana sensed the great difference between her marriage and Ianthe’s—her own family life was warm and intimate and just what she had always wished for, whereas Ianthe’s, in addition to the expected formality of an arranged marriage joining two senior clans, seemed to add even an extra measure of reserve on top of that.

Ana subtly steered their conversation to their girlhoods back home and family affairs.

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