A Fortune's Children's Christmas
“Just about the whole family was there to celebrate Kate’s eightieth birthday, and they were doing it up in style. The food was first rate, the wine flowing and an internationally known soloist sang near the towering Christmas tree in the room. Music fit for the gods floated through the building, setting a festive mood.
Standing off to the side by himself, his hands in his pockets and a scowl on his lean, chiseled face, Hunter stared at the crowd of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildre...n gathered around Kate and wondered what the hell he was doing there. Oh, he was family—he carried the name—but he’d never considered himself a real Fortune, and he doubted that the family ever had, either. People didn’t like to claim bastards as kin.
Not that the Fortunes had ever cut him dead—they had more class than that. But they’d been talking about him in whispers for years, and he couldn’t say he blamed them. He was the black-sheep son of a black sheep, and he’d been raising eyebrows from the moment his father learned of his existence when he was twelve.MoreLess
Standing off to the side by himself, his hands in his pockets and a scowl on his lean, chiseled face, Hunter stared at the crowd of children, grandchildren and great-grandchildre...n gathered around Kate and wondered what the hell he was doing there. Oh, he was family—he carried the name—but he’d never considered himself a real Fortune, and he doubted that the family ever had, either. People didn’t like to claim bastards as kin.
Not that the Fortunes had ever cut him dead—they had more class than that. But they’d been talking about him in whispers for years, and he couldn’t say he blamed them. He was the black-sheep son of a black sheep, and he’d been raising eyebrows from the moment his father learned of his existence when he was twelve.MoreLess
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