Jack said.

“Or that dad would go crazy and shoot you both,” Justin complemented him with a smile.

“That’s quite enough!” my dad said. “I’m not shooting anyone. We’re not making a big scene out of this.

This whole situation has caused enough misery and stress. We are still a family and we’ll see the coming

months how we’ll work this out. So please start eating before it gets cold, your mom hasn’t worked her

ass off in the kitchen for nothing.”

We all started eating. It was quiet for a couple of minutes, but the mood at the table seemed lighter

already. After five minutes Jack and Justin started talking and then Brad and Christine fell in. By the time

we reached the desert, it seemed like nothing had really changed, except that I could squeeze David’s

hand at the table without feeling weird about it.

Epilogue – Finally together

We met up with Glenn and Remi in May and we had a great time with them in New York. Remi was

very excited to finally meet David. He told me he’d never seen me so happy when we went out dancing at

our favorite club. Finally I dared to kiss David for real on the dance floor, when he was sweaty from

dancing and looking beautiful. Glenn gave me a thumbs-up when he saw us. He and Remi were very much

in love and it was adorable to see him look at his French boyfriend with dark puppy-eyes. We left them

after a week of great fun and promised to come back to New York soon.

Two months later Christine and Brad got married. My dad threw them a huge wedding party. The

ceremony was outside and while the sun was shining and all the guests sat down on their white seats,

Christine strutted down the aisle on my dad’s arm. She looked amazing, in a perfect light-blue satin dress

that made her resemble Cinderella. There was even a shiny little tiara on her head, like the one she’d

worn when dad had married Juliette. Brad wore a dark-blue suit with a tie that matched Christine’s dress.

Our whole family was sitting on the front row and I could feel the warmth of David’s shoulder against

mine, while Christine and Brad said ‘I do’.

In the afternoon we toasted the newly wed couple with champagne and the photographer wanted to make

some pictures of the bride and groom with their family. Everybody posed next to Christine and Brad and

when the photographer started snapping pictures, I pulled David over to me and kissed him. If my dad

noticed, he didn’t say anything…

End