Chapter 12
“Your second older brother, Nathan Lane, is a great programmer. He’s led his company to win many awards and helped build many important firewalls,” Dominic said.
“Your third older brother, Connor Lane, is a volunteer for a Red Cross Society abroad. He focuses on saving injured animals and helping people to understand the lives of these animals.
“Your oldest cousin, Claude Lane, is a piano teacher, while your second older cousin, Jason Lane, works at a law firm. Last but not least, your third older cousin, Liam Lane, is currently an extra at a film set.”
Dominic felt he’d done a pretty good job at explaining things. He hadn’t lied to Mia at all.
Nathan was an infamous hacker, so he was good at programming, right?
Connor was a renowned surgeon-rather than saving people, he preferred saving animals.
Claude was a famous pianist-when he wasn’t busy with concerts, he would conduct piano lessons at an
academy.
Jason was a well-known lawyer-he did indeed work at a law firm. It was just that the law firm belonged to
him.
And Liam was an award-winning actor-he’d started his career as an extra before eventually winning awards.
Mia nodded. Dominic was a real estate agent, Nathan was a geek, and Connor was a vet. Claude was a piano teacher, Jason was a lawyer, and Liam was an extra.
It seemed that fantasies were just that-fantasies and dreams.
Still, she was surprised to suddenly have so many brothers and cousins. They all had different jobs, too.
Patricia seemed a little disappointed that Mia’s family wasn’t wealthy. “We should head back after this meal, then. This hotel has to be expensive. Mia, it can’t have been easy for Dominic to earn a living as a real estate
agent.”
She supposed it didn’t matter whether they were rich. All was fine as long as they treated Mia well,
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