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Nicholas looked down into Helen’s eyes, and after kissing her cheek, he reached out to his father. Holding his father’s hand, Nicholas shook his head. “No,Patéras. Helen and I have decided to retire the Irons name. When we marry, we will both be Siderises.”
Sirena and Pen gasped, and Vassilis’s mouth gathered as he fought tears. Giving up the battle, he stepped into his son’s embrace, then reached out a hand to Helen. When she took it, he pulled her in close, too.
Sirena and Pen joined in, and they, like Helen and Vassilis, were crying.
“We have so much to celebrate,” Vassilis said, his voice froggy. “I knew it was the right notion! Before leaving the house, I had a good bottle oftsipourosent out to the driver to keep for us!”
“Very well, Papa, but as a betrothed woman of eighteen, I must insist—”
“Yes, Penelope, you may have some.”
While Vassilis strode off in search of histsipouro, Sirena dabbed at her tears with an embroidered handkerchief, patting Adam’s arm. “What a year of fortune this has been! Thank God!”
Nicholas settled into place behind Helen, his arms around her and his hands resting on her waist. His lips brushed her temple. “The Fates brought me Helen of Boston.”
She smiled and leaned back against him.As they brought me you. And your loving family.
