“I love that for you. I’ve known Michel for a long time and he’s always been so nice. But now I can see how happy he is. He smiles all the time and when he looks at you? That’s how I want the man I choose to look at me.”
I smile and hug her. She’s told me a little about how her parents died. I can’t imagine losing mine. I see Michel walking towards the front desk and I can’t help the smile on my face. He’s so damn cute, the smile on his face makes me feel so wanted.
“Hi, mon rêve. Did you’re family get here? Hey Abigail,” he says as he kisses me. Abigail smiles and says hi.
We decided this morning that we weren’t going to hide our relationship. I told him that I didn’t want people to think badly of me. And he said fuck them. No one can tell us what’s right for our relationship. Only we know what’s best for us.
“Oui, they just went up to their rooms, they’ll be back down to join us for lunch. They’re all really excited to meet you and your family. Enea and Panagiotis said they were going to get your siblings and meet us at the restaurant.”
“Sounds good. I’m kind of nervous to meet your family.” He chuckles.
“Don’t be. My maman and papa already love you for all you’ve done for me. And my sister said if she wasn’t married, she’d ask about your brother.” I giggle.
“I wonder what kind of woman will tame Henri.” He laughs. “Did your sister bring her whole family?”
“Oui, they’re all here. And I’m a little afraid to have to tell them what we think Julian and Randall have been doing.”
“I know, but it’s going to be okay, they’ll also learn that you’re not alone. We’re all here to keep you safe.”
“In case I haven’t said it, thank you. For everything. Idon’t know how I’ll ever repay you. But I appreciate you so much.”
“You don’t have to repay me. I would do anything for you.”
I take his hand as we make our way to the restaurant. I see my family there and they’re all waving and yelling my name like lunatics. I can hear Michel snickering.
“They’re awesome.” He laughs.
“They’re crazy.” I laugh.
I introduce my family to Michel, as they’re hugging, the rest of his family and the Lake Renegade family get to the restaurant. It takes a while to get everyone introduced. There’s lots of laughing and hugs all around. I love how happy my family looks as they meet everyone.
We all sit down to have lunch together.
“We have a lot to talk to you about, but we would rather not discuss it out in the open. So after lunch, maybe we can go to my room and talk,” Enea says to my parents.
My papa nods in agreement.
“It must be something bad.” My maman frowns.
“There’s just a lot to discuss and we’re not used to talking where people can hear us.”
My parents agree and we all talk about other things as we have lunch. It’s easy conversation and I love how everyone just seems to get along with each other.
We get to Enea’s room and sit down. I’m so worried about what my parents will think and feel. It’s such a strange situation to be in. Imagine knowing your daughter was living with a serial killer. And not just one. TWO.
Enea starts by explaining who they all are, but he leaves out the part about the two shifter families. I have to say, I appreciate that. By the looks on my parents' faces, I’m not sure they could take in that part too.
“Before we go any further, we want to say thank you for being here for our Genevieve.” My papa looks at everyone in the room. “While we have the feeling that there’s more that we’re going to learn, we feel better knowing she hasn’t been alone.”
“Michel and his family have made sure that Genevieve is safe. They called us to look into Julian because Michel was worried about who he is.”
“I also want to say that we felt like there was something odd about Julian. But we tried to be supportive for Genevieve. But we did tell her we worried,” my maman adds in.
Enea looks at Sebastiano and nods.
“I don’t know how to say this nicely, so I’m just going to lay it out for all of you. We think that Julian and Randall are serial killers.”
There’s a collective gasp from my entire family.
