Getting the invitation was nothing short of a surprise for Cyril; his brothers sudden marriage to a woman that was nearly close to age and possible in the same age as his daughter. It wasn’t his first choice in attending the wedding but for family he wanted to support. It wasn’t as if he had a chance to say he couldn’t make it when he was asked to be the best man.
He was happy when the ceremony had passed, coming into the reception to have food and drinks to ply the many guests that sat in the venue. Cyril had eaten little; drank more for his own entertainment rather than taking to conversation around him of extended family and friends of his brother.
A quick glance brought his sights on his niece, older than he has seen her last but still as beautiful as ever and he found her drinking. He only wondered how she was taking the news to the new marriage. A woman as old as she was to call her step-mother; it had to be strange and more so unlikely. He rose to meet her in a corner where she was standing; seeking a conversation with his young niece and catch up with her.
“Hm, hello niece” he said, stepping from behind her and lowering his head to speak by her ear in surprise and barely a breath apart in the crush of the crowds. He hoped she had not minded his closeness to her; they were family after all.
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