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Holiday Memories Chapter 9

4th of July, 1939

In late June, Oliver recieved a phone call from his brother, Gene. He said that their sister, Gloria, ahd invited him and his family to a fourth of July celebration and that Oliver, Grace, Annie, Molly, Joanne, and Frederick should come.

"That's a great idea. I'll talk to the family about it tonight. It would be so good to see Gloria and her family. It's been ages since I've seen them."

"Well, I hope to see you there, Oliver. Talk to you later,"

Oliver hung up the phone, smiling, and went to join his family for dinner. They were already waiting for him.

"Sorry, my brother called me," Oliver explained, taking a seat next to his wife.

Grace kissed his cheek. "No worries. What did he say?"

"Well, my sister Gloria is throwing a fourth of July bash and he said that we should come,"

"That sounds awesome, Daddy! Can we go? We haven't met your sister or her family yet," Annie said, energetic as always.

"Well, I think it's a great idea and definetly doable. What do you girls think?"

"I think it's wonderful," Grace said.

"Great! What about you, sweetheart?" Oliver said, looking at Molly.

"Sounds like fun," Molly said, smiling at her father.

Grace looked at the twins. "Do you think it sounds fun to go meet Daddy's sister?"

The twins nodded.

"Then it's settled. I can't wait to see Gloria."

"Yay!" Annie said.


A few days later, the Warbucks family got into their car and set off for a road trip to Quincy, Massachusetts Gene and his family had already arrived at Gloria's by the time they got there. Gloria ran out of the house to greet her brother and his family.

"Oliver! It's been too long!" She said, hugging her brother.

"It really has. You look amazing!"

"I'm so glad to finally meet your family."

"Well, they're all here. This is my wife, Grace, my daughters, Annie, Molly, and Joanne, and my son, Frederick."

"Very nice to meet you all. My sons are inside, let me go get them. Come on inside."

The family walked into Gloria's house and immediately saw Gene, Isabella, and Eli. They were with two other boys, who Gloria introuduced as her sons, Patrick and Jonathan. They all went out into her backyard where her husband was barbecuing.

The family had a wonderful time at Gloria's bash. Annie and Molly got along very well with their newly introduced cousins. Gloria and Oliver caught up and it was as if no time had passed since they had seen eachother by the end of the night. Oliver felt very lucky to have found his family and that his children had grown so close to their cousins.