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Her parents decided to go straight to their suite at the Eagle’s Nest Resort, which was the only hotel in town with a chance of rising to their standards. Bethany met them there, where she endured a few rounds of “why on earth did you choose this tiny barnacle of a town,” along with a dose of “why spend your time bandaging fishermen when you could be hosting dinner parties in Manhattan,” and a side dish of “Nate’s quite a catch, better make sure that sister of yours doesn’t steal him away.”
The usual, in other words, with the added material provided by Nate, fake new boyfriend.
Of course it would be easy for them to find out the truth about Nate. All they had to do was check social media. If they did, she’d confess all. Until then, she’d try to figure out a graceful way to salvage th
