I hold her hand tightly as we descend the stairs to finally leave. The music can be heard outside, but at a fairly considerable volume, and I can also hear my cousins' voices, their laughter, while it's my uncles' voices that I perceive as having character.
As always, the Barones turning a simple conversation into a battlefield.
It's always been like this. My parents, uncles, and cousins, at parties, galas, and events, behave in a manner befitting an important and powerful family, but in private, when we're just like now; in family, their true personalities come to light. They argue, stubbornly bicker among themselves, and even fight over who is right. There are games, teasing, and even messing with each other. Typical of large families like mine.
—It seems like they're having a great t
