Die Haare nass, die Kapuze ihrer Kapuzenjacke tief ins Gesicht gezogen und Kopfhörer auf den Ohren erreichte sie die Haustür des Mehrfamilienhauses,...in welchem sie zusammen mit ihrem Vater Michael Morawski und ihrer Mutter Hotaru wohnte.Sie stieg die Treppen zum 4. Stockwerk hinauf und betrat die Wohnung. Wie erwartet waren ihre Eltern bereits ins Bett gegangen und Nela hoffte, sie hatten sich nicht allzu große Sorgen um sie gemacht. Klar, sie hatten ihr versichert, dass sie jetzt alt genug sei. "You lock me up again! Go ahead, I still feel a bit sleepy!"Linda looked at me! I was expecting to see her blow up again, but instead, she just smiled. That smile of hers gave me the creeps. I could feel how the hairs, at the back of my neck, stood up. I sure didn't like that mischievous smile on her face."You better tell it to us, or else we have to extract another DNA sample from you." Okay, fine with me," I said and opened my mouth and moved my head towards her."The DNA I want, will not be. You couldn’t really ignore Patrick; I’d tried. “Will we see you at the reception?”“We’re going to come for a bit,” I said. “Chloe mentioned she wanted some pictures with us.”Mom swallowed. “Really? Good. I’ve missed you. It will—it’s nice to see you.”Dad walked over and took my mom’s arm. “They’re waiting for us in the limo.”He didn’t look at us. We didn’t exist.Mom looked back at me. “There’s room if you two...”Patrick stepped in. “We’ll take a cab and meet you there.”Mom looked at him with an. "Ton pepere t'appelle le mieux cadeau."When Cat looked puzzled, Katherine explained. "It wasn't really you, dear. It was the news that you were coming. Your mother told us that she would have a baby, and we were all pleased. Just like now. It's not the ring that's the present, although it is a very nice ring. It is the news that ta tante K'leen is going to marry Charles." She is?" Cat wasn't sure what that meant, and nobody had told her about this before."Yes, dear. That's what the ring means.".