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Standing beside Bronwyn, John said "You know I am worried about this?"

"You and me both.?But at least it is only my parents, could you imagine my uncles with them?"

"My impressions of them, is that it would make this dinner ten times worse."

"If Uncle Thomas and Zachery know your father though business, it could make things easier for him."

"Easier, that I doubt.?I got the impression, they think I am the niece stealing b*stard, as much as your father thinks I am a daughter stealing b*stard."

"What do you expect of my father, particularly when I am his only child."

"Not for much longer."

"True, but you know the worst thing, if I take my baby sister or brother out to give mother a break, people will think that they are my child, rather than my sibling.?And then, if we have children, their aunt or uncle will only be a few years older than them."

A look of panic passed across Bronwyn's face before she added "Children, that will mean I have to give up my career.."

"Who ever said that you would have to give up your career??Not me."

"But who will care for our children.?Oh My God, I never thought about this.?I always thought I would have children but with a husband who can give up his career while our children are young to support me."

Gathering Bronwyn into his arms and giving her a hug, John calmly said "Did I ever say that I expected you to do that, or that I would not be the one to sacrifice my career??We both have parents that can help, subject to where we are assigned.?Then there is the paternity scheme leave that I can access, without loss of rank or my career.?But that is for the future.?We have time to figure all that out. The immediate thing is getting through tonight.?My parents, I suspect there will not be a huge worry about, but your parents with your father's reaction today.?That is what I am more worried about."

"But if Sally told your parents.."

"You think she is that stupid.?She had the reminder of the legal consequences of saying anything and knowing my sister she is too afraid of what I will do, let alone what you could do to her.?She has yet to get over the shock that I had her charged over what I caught her and Andrew doing in the park before they got married."

"What!"

Laughing John said "I forgot to tell you.?I had to do a general duty shift and found a car I knew to be one of Lexi's performance vehicle collection parked in a remote parking area in the park.?Cutting a long story short, let me just say the inappropriateness of what they were doing was something you would not want children to stumble across."

Within seconds it dawned on Bronwyn what they were doing, and all she could say is "You are kidding?"

"Absolutely not.?And I can tell you that is something a brother does not want to find out about his sister, especially when it involves one of his close friends who swore when they were younger to look after each other's sister."?John's tone became sarcastic as added "Looking after my sister, right."

Bronwyn seeing the look on John's face laughed.

John smiled and added "I had my revenge.?Not only did I tell Lexi what her brother was doing in one of her favourite cars, but I had the pleasure of serving the fines on my darling sister and Andrew.?Andrew, I did at work, but Sally I decided to do at a family dinner in front of mother and father, so she had to explain what she had been doing."

Shaking her head Bronwyn said, "You are evil."

"No, just having fun.?I gave her enough time to explain everything to them with the promise that I would not inform them about the legal consequences of what I had found.?Sally being Sally dismissed that there were legal consequences of her actions and only told our parents part of the story.?When she refused to tell them everything after I gave her a second chance, which she did not take.?So she had to face the consequences of not taking the opportunities I gave her and explain everything to them."

Bronwyn shook her head "And you think that will keep her quiet?"

"Her failure to be honest, not only had our parents furious, particularly when they found out I gave her time to tell them but had consequences at Nang Enterprises due to the terms of her employment contract.?She has gotten her head around the consequences of disclosing what happened today and saying anything will risk her liberty let alone her career with the company because of what she did with the fine, a second criminal matter within twelve months has the company review her employment.?Being the CEO's daughter, and likely next CEO will not save her from that."

John paused and said "Anyway, without telling my parents I was proposing to you, they know.?Your mother told me of the tradition for engagement rings of Eng family brides with their engagement rings.?She has promised me a suitable stone, nothing too flashy given our jobs.?I can combine that with gold my parents set aside when, in Australia on holidays with friends they went gold prospecting and found gold.?They set aside some for future generations, commissioned a pair of earrings for Sally and pieces for each of them, plus set aside some for me to use for my bride's engagement ring and our wedding rings.?I have had some designs made, and it will be up to you to make the final choice on your ring."

A loud voice said, "If I allow it to happen."

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