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I was slightly nervous when I introduced Kim to my parents after we’d checked into our hotel, but I needn’t have worried. She was as sweet and charming as could be and they both seemed quite taken by her.
During lunch Kim excused herself to use the ladies and my mother turned to me, “What a lovely girl, how did you two meet?”
Of course I couldn’t tell her the truth, so I just said that she’d sold me some property in Vegas.
“I like her too.” My father added. “Try not to let this one get away.” I had never really been in a long-term relationship, largely due to my career choice, and my parents wondered if I’d ever settle down.
I was saved from having to reply by Kim’s return.
After lunch my father and I made the fifteen-minute drive to Fort Campbell to finalize the preparations for
