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    “Where is she?”  Blake’s brother asked.
     
    The statement alone made me feel invisible.  Would I have been noticed by them if I was wearing nicer clothes or even if I was a different skin color?
     
    Blake’s mouth pursed into a thin line.  “Alex!  This is Amanda, my fiancée!”
     
    “She is?”  Alex asked.
     
    Blake rolled his eyes, “Don’t be stupid!  I told you about Amanda!”
     
    Alex frowned.  Reaching over he grabbed his brother by the arm and hissed, “Can I talk to you?”
     
    Frowning himself Blake quietly excused himself.  Despite them walking out of the room I could hear the argument between the two of them.
     
    “She’s not one of us!”  Alex hissed.
     
    “Is it because she’s black?”  Blake responded.
     
    “Don’t be racist!  She’s not from the same social circle as we are!”
     
    “Grandpa was ‘new money’ once!”
     
    “This is different!  You know no one will accept it!”
     
    “Well, they’re going to have to!”
     
    As the two brothers argued I began to feel even more and more awkward.  I knew it wasn’t my fault but I didn’t want to create this amount of discord among them.  At the same time I feared if I said anything it could somehow make things worse.
     
    I saw a pretty blonde woman and hoped that she would be my ally in this whole debacle.  It didn’t take me long to learn she was Alexander’s wife, Melinda, and no more keen on having a “poor person” enter the family than anyone else.
     
    “Aren’t you a little over dressed for cleaning?”  Melinda asked.
     
    Over dressed?  What?  Did she just say what I thought she had said?  “Beg your pardon?”
     
    Suddenly Blake’s voice spoke up again, “Where’s she going to stay then?  Huh?”
     
    “We’ll set up a guest room for her,” Alexander said.
     
    “Her name is Amanda, thank you very much.”
     
    Melinda looked in the direction of the arguing.  “Oh dear, what brought that on?”
     
    Blake was the first to enter the room followed by Alexander.  Neither of them looked particularly happy.
     
    Blake moved by my side and took my hand in his, “Miranda, this is my fiancée Amanda.”
     
    Even a blind man would be able to see the shock and then revelation that crossed Miranda’s face.  Both to my surprise and then annoyance she did not make any effort to apologize for suggesting that I could be nothing more than “the help.”
     
    I suppose I should have felt some gratitude that I was being rejected because I did not fit into their world.  It didn’t help the stinging feeling nor the anger that I felt.
     
    Blake’s voice cut into the awkward silence, “Well then, I’m going to go show Amanda to her room.”
     
    At the time I would’ve preferred to stay in a hotel room.
     
    I know they would have preferred that too.
     

Chapter Six
     
    “Coming here so soon might’ve been a mistake,” I said to Blake once we were out of hearing range.
     
    “They’ll have to adjust to it,” Blake answered.
     
    “Perhaps you should’ve given them some warning.”
     
    “No amount of warning would’ve done any good.  They wanted me to marry a woman who came from money but the heart wants what the heart wants.”
     
    I paused as we walked up neatly painted stairs.  Why they had been painted white and not allowed to let the natural uniqueness of the hardwood show was beyond me.
     
    “Are you sure I shouldn’t go to a hotel?”  I asked.
     
    Blake looked to me, “You’re our guest .  Guests don’t have to stay in hotels.  Besides, we have planning that we need to do.”
     
    I had forgotten about the wedding due to the displeasure of Blake’s family.  I had the feeling it would be just my family attending the dress fitting and everything that went with it.
     
    “How soon are we planning on getting married?”  I asked.
     
    “Soon,” Blake answered.
     
    “How soon is soon ?  I have to get a dress we need a cake