Chap. 20 Two new sisters

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Desiree looked outside for the tenth time in 10 minutes.

"Honey, why are you so impatient?" Fran asked amused.

"I don't know. It's just I so want to know her. I want to know how she looks like. Is she pretty?" Desiree asked like a little child.

"Of course. She's lovely and she visibly care a lot about your brother."

She heard a car in the alley and cried.

"They're finally here!"

Fran stared outside.

"No it's only you sister."

"Oh." Desiree said seating on the couch.

Fran laughed at her daughter impatience.

"Please baby, don't overwhelm her. She has lived hard moments these last months and she just came back to your brother."

"Don't worry, I'll be a perfect sister-in-law to be."

"Sister-in-law?" Sarah asked entering the room. "Derek is getting married?"

"Not yet." Fran chuckled while kissing her other daughter.

"So…where is my baby bro?"

"He is with his Penelope." Desiree replied excited.

"No kidding? When did she came back..."

"This afternoon. They had a talk and now they're coming back here. I invited her to stay here instead of being in a hotel."

"That's cool. So I bet Derek's better now."

"Obviously." Derek said beaming.

The three women turned back to met a lovely scene. Derek with his arm wrapped around his 'baby girl."

Derek introduced her to his sisters. Penelope held her hand out to greet them but Desiree said.

"Oh come on we're nearly sisters now. We could hug, don't you think?"

Penelope nodded smiling and was soon gathered into two warm hugs from Sarah and Desiree.

"Well, so many fears…" she thought.

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"So what took you two so long?" Desiree asked while they were having a drink in the living room before dinner.

"Apart from the kissing part." She added jokingly.

"Hush little sis." Derek said.

"In fact we stooped at a shop to buy a wine bottle." Penelope replied. Then she stared at Derek frowning.

"Derek, where's the bottle?" she asked.

Derek blushed which amused his family a lot.

"Hem… I forgot it in the SUV." He replied sheepishly and quickly left the room.

"Hmm hmm…so Desiree was right, there were kisses on the way as well." Sarah said.

Penelope blushed, but couldn't help but laugh, quickly followed by Fran, des and Sarah.

When he returned inside, Derek looked at the scene before him satisfied. Seeing the four women he loved the most getting on so well made his heart full.