Granger Family Reunion
Chapter 2
Charlotte Granger was sitting with her husband Anthony on the plane to Hawaii and thinking about the upcoming family reunion. Her family could at best be described as opposites, her five children were divided in half, two sons either following or ignoring their wives lack of manners, and two daughters and one son who stayed true to the Granger way. She knew that these differences caused tension within the family but she was unsure of how to possibly fix the situation. One of her grandchildren had stopped attending the family reunions for almost two decades, and the only reason she knew her great-grandchildren was the fact that Hermione had reached out and met with them during a holiday in France. There was no doubt in her mind that Hermione's refusal to attend the reunion was due to the fact that half of the family was rude to her as a child but Charlotte was at a lose, she could try to fix the relations in her family or see how Hermione handled the reunion. In the end, Charlotte decided to see how the family communicated this year before she and her husband would step in.
The Granger family had at one point valued being honest, charitable, kind, and hardworking. This had resulted in a wealthy family that was well known in social circles as being well mannered even during confrontations. Unfortunately, two of her sons had married jealousy people and family reunions were lowered to fake acts of kindness and a show of wealth in the name of a public image. Her daughter Zara and husband Alexander upheld the family teachings but their daughters Bethany and Catherine were influenced by their cousins and students in their private schools. Both Spencer and John allowed their wives to run the house and together their 5 children cared more about public image them manors. Her only grandchildren that followed the Granger teachings was her sons Richard's daughter Hermione and her daughter Anastasia's children Amber and Jackson.
The family reunion was being held at a high-end resort in Hawaii, the resort, Isla de Paz, was located on a small island just off the coast of the main islands. The resort was large with a small private runway and private marina, this allowed people with their own planes or yachts to arrive at the resort. If you did not have a private plane or boat, the resort offered chartered planes as a shuttle from the local airport. The resort had a private beach, spa, gym, dinner cruises and private villas. In addition, you could rent a boat, kayak, paddleboard or go horseback riding on the beach.
Carrie and John Granger were with traveling on a private airplane shuttle to their resort thinking about all the ways they could impress their family. John was a plastic surgeon, one of the best in the field and he had his own private practice in Britain, his wife worked as his secretary and raised the kids at home. Their daughters Jennifer and Stephanie were starting their own fashion company and now had their own boutique in London and had just started to receive online orders as well while their son Marcus was following in his father's footsteps and studying to become a trauma surgeon. Carrie Granger sat in her seat writing in her planner thinking about what she could do to one-up her husbands family. They would be able to shop at purchase at least new designer clothes, brag about the kid's new jobs, and John moved his practice into a larger location; yes the rest of the family would be jealous of them.
Tori and Spencer Granger were sitting in their first class seats with their children Tiffany and Haden heading over to Hawaii for the family reunion. While Tori was feeling proud of her children's accomplishments, Spencer was secretly worried that they would not be able to show off to much this year. Both their children were now working for the World's largest company, Domum Superbia Industries, they were still in starting positions. Spencer had received word that his niece would be attending this year, and it seemed like no matter what they did; Hermione would always win out over his family. Hermione was the one who got into a secretive boarding school and she had missed every reunion since due to "pre-planned holidays, work or charity balls."
"Now everyone I need to say something and I need you to listen carefully."
"Of course daddy, you know we always pay attention" his daughter Tiffany responded.
"Now Hermione is going to be in attendance this year and I want you to know that much of the attention will be focused on her, at least until you announce your new jobs, because no one has seen her since she started that boarding school" Spencer explained his worries to his family, much to his wife's dismay.
Tiffany just scoffed under her breath and went back to her book, as if her bushy-haired bookworm of a cousin was important; let her have the spotlight for a while. Haden, on the other hand, had mixed feelings. It would be nice to see his cousin again and get to know each other, but he knew his family was expecting him to be somewhat rude and if he was honest with himself, he was jealous of Hermione because he was always compared to his cousin.
Anastasia and Allen Granger were traveling with their two children Amber and Jackson as well as Zara and Alexander Granger and their daughters Bethany and Catherine. While the adults were talking about seeing Hermione again and wondering what she had been doing in her absence, Amber and Jackson were talking with their spouses.
"It will be great to see Hermione again, I missed her. She was the only one in this family that is not stuck up and think they are a gift to the world!" Amber commented to her brother.
"I for one think this will be an interesting family reunion, you've told me about Hermione and I can't wait to meet her." Haden's wife commented.
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I noticed that my last chapter did not have the line breaks, they somehow got left behind when I copied the chapter over from Google Docs. I apologize if it made ready difficult and will make sure that I add them in for all future chapters.
