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I don’t understand why they’re smiling like that.
I don’t understandanything.
“Come in. Come in.” Mom gestures with a thin, graceful hand.
I shoot her awhat’s going onlook when I pass her by. Sazuki is right behind me, towering over me with his broad shoulders and sexily stern face.
He and my parents should switch their expressions. I thought Sazuki would be the nervously grinning one and my parents would be the calm, serious ones.
What is going on?
“Mom, dad.” I clear my throat. “This is my, um,” my heart pounds, “my boyfriend, Mr. Sazuki.”
“You don’t actually call him Mr. Sazuki, do you?” Dad scrunches his nose.
I blink rapidly.
“No, she does not.” Sazuki sticks out a hand. “Nice to meet you, sir.”
“And you.” Dad gives his hand a good shake.
“Mrs. Williams, I can see where Dejonae and Yaya get their beauty.”
My eyes nearly bug. Who is this charming Sazuki? And when did he learn to kiss butt like that?
Mom laughs. “Oh, how sweet.”
“Are you calling me ugly?” Dad smacks his belly and gives Sazuki a hard glare.
“No, sir.” Unruffled, Sazuki motions to him. “I’m saying you’re a very lucky man to have chosen such a beautiful woman as your wife.”
Dad booms out a laugh. “I know, son. I thank God every day.”
Son?
Am I in the Twilight Zone?
Dad and mom usher Sazuki around the table where they’ve prepared a feast. I only gave them a couple hours notice, so I’m surprised by the three different casseroles and glazed chicken that they managed to whip up.
“Did you forget something?” I call to them from the living room.
Mom drags her face out of Sazuki’s personal space long enough to ask, “What, dear?”
“Me?” I wave. “Hello. I’m your biological daughter.”
Dad booms out a laugh. “She got her comedic timing from me.”
Sazuki smiles.
I scrunch my nose and drift over to them. “Yaya couldn’t make it?” I ask, sitting around the table.
“She had a photoshoot.”
My shoulders slump. I’m happy for her, but I wish she could be here.
Sazuki pats my thigh. “We can visit her next week if you would like.”
My heart inflates with excitement. I miss my sister more than I could ever express.
