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`Good evening, Aurelia,' Jamie said, in Portuguese.
`Good evening, Jamie,' she replied. 
There was silence. The whole restaurant was listening now. 
`Beautiful Aurelia,' Jamie began in slow, careful Portuguese. `I have come here to ask you to be my wife. I know 
I seem mad because I don't really know you, but everything is clear to me. We can live here or you can live with 
me in England.’ 
`Choose England,' Sophia advised. `You might meet Prince William, and then you can marry him instead.’ 
`Ssssh!' Mr Barros told her crossly. 
Aurelia said nothing. 
`Of course I don't expect you to say yes,' Jamie continued. `But it's Christmas and I wanted to ... check.’ 
`Say yes, you undersized fool,' said Sophia. 
`Thank you,' Aurelia said, very slowly, in English. `That will be nice. "Yes" is my answer. Easy question.’ 
`What did you say?' Mr Barros asked his daughter. 
`Yes, of course,' Aurelia replied in Portuguese. 
`You learnt English?' Jamie asked. 
`I thought ... maybe ...’ 
They kissed. Then Sophia pulled Jamie away from her sister and kissed him loudly on the mouth. Their father did 
the same. 
* 
A month later, at Heathrow Airport, a lot of people were leaving the Arrivals Hall. 
As Billy came through the gate with a beautiful, tall girl, Joe stepped out of the waiting crowd to meet him. 
`Hello, Daisy,' he said. 
`This one's Greta,' Billy told him. 
`Hello, Greta.’ 
Jamie arrived next, with Aurelia. He introduced her to Peter and Juliet. `Oh, and Mark!' he said. `Hi! I didn't see 
you.’ 
Mark was looking at the floor. `Yes ... I thought I'd come too.'
`Jamie's friends are so good-looking,' Aurelia said, in English. 'He didn’t tell me this. I think now maybe I have 
made the wrong choice - chosen the wrong Englishman.’ 
`She can't speak English very well. She doesn't know what she's saying,' Jamie said. 
They all laughed and walked away. 
Harry came out and looked around. Yes, Karen was there, with Daisy and Bernie. The children held a big sign 
with `Welcome Home Dad' on it. 
Harry looked shyly at Karen. Then he kissed her. 'How are you?’ he asked. 
`I'm fine, I'm fine,' she said. `Good to have you back,' she said formally. She turned to the children. `Come on - 
home,' she said. 
Joanna arrived, with her family. 
`There she is!' Sam cried. He ran up to her, then stopped and shook her hand. 
`Hi,' Joanna said. 
`Hello’ 
`Why doesn't he kiss her?' Daniel whispered to Carol, who was standing beside him. 
`They've got time,' Carol reminded him. 
Suddenly, there were journalists and cameras everywhere. The Prime Minister came through the gate, surrounded 
by bodyguards. Natalie ran through the crowd, put her arms round him and held him tightly. Then she jumped up 
into his arms and put her legs round his waist. 
`You're so heavy!' the Prime Minister told Natalie. 
`Oh, shut your mouth!’ 
They walked happily away. And all around them, people were smiling and kissing their friends and relatives. 
Love, actually, was all around.

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