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about to marry.”

Natalie lowered her eyes modestly, like she was accepting a humanitarian award.

Around the table, people started smiling before Julian even continued. That is how family narratives work. Everybody already knows their assigned lines.

Julian lifted his glass.

“To Natalie,” he said warmly, “who liquidated her start-up investments without continue reading …