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• We left to rejoin the guests, with dad leaving us to circulate around. Grandpa looked up at me, his eyebrow raised, and I nodded slightly and lifted Sai's left hand to show him the engagement ring in its proper place. Grandpa called us over, embracing me quickly and holding Sai a little longer, then kissed her cheek and held her to him one more time, then gently propelled us back into the lounge to talk with all the guests.
• We passed around sandwiches like dutiful hosts, trying to avoid looking like a couple; a lot of the people here knew us as siblings, so a slip now could have significant long-term consequences; nobody gossips like rural people, and putting two and two together is something they do really well.
• Eventually, the whole dreary business of feeding the mourners was done; I was numb with hearing how she'll be missed, how popular she was, what a pillar of the community she was, all the platitudes. All I knew was that my Gran was gone, the only mum I had ever known, and I wanted to go somewhere quiet and cry for a while.