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You might find yourself returning from school one day to find that same girl and her mother
sitting on the drawing-room couch, sipping tea and chatting with your mom. You would stare
and just keep on staring. Such a turn of events might completely baffle and befuddle you. You
would feel your heart filling up with joy. Seemingly, the universe wants this to happen. After
all these years of disappointments, you might get to live your fairy tale after all.

Your mom, on seeing her darling son, would exclaim, “So great that you are here. Do you
remember your Uncle James, your father's cousin brother who used to live in Australia? He
moved into our city with his family. Meet your Aunt Rudy and your cousin, Elsa.”

Yes.
That happened.

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