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Charity had been tense ever since her parents invited themselves over to meet the new family members. Jenny, of course, had approached them with serene calm, finding ways to charm them enough that Phineas finally slipped away to curl a gentle arm around her waist.
“See, told you she’d charm them…”
“They can be a little… cruel… what if…”
Anne’s laugh rings out and Charity relaxes, the girl’s sparkling warmth seems to have charmed her parents, the easy flex of Anne’s balance on one foot, the other stretched up behind her back.
The girl’s smile is clear as she moves back to standing, the girls easy smile putting Charity enough at ease to move closer, her parents smiling as she slips between Anne and Jenny, Phineas moving to Jenny’s other side, his smile bright.
They will come to dinner of course, in a couple of days, but for now the meeting is done and Anne has passed the challenge, Jenny’s quiet warmth making it easy for them to accept her too.