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I head downstairs to the foyer to welcome my father.
"Is everything set, Jeffrey?"
"Yes sir, you can sit in the living room sir," he replies.
"Thank you, you are excused."
I walk to the door; I open it and watch as my father's car comes down the driveway and parks close to the door. My father steps out and reaches out his hand for someone in the car, and when she comes into full view I am livid, Sonja, he has some nerve bringing her here.
They walk up to the door and I politely greet them both, and they walk into the foyer, where I usher them into the living
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