. "yes ."
"where is grace ? my daughter ? is she with lasuren ?"
"of corse , of corse . she is with my daughter , sofie , and her family . in amsterdam . she is fine . by now asleep , i'm sure . it is late here .
the situation he was descrinbing made n sense to me . why would grace be with this mNB
;'S DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY ? WHY WASN'T GRACE WITH LAUREN ?
I SWWALLOWED DOWN MORE PANIC ." I
M sorry . i'm not thinking xclearly . are you lauren 's doctor . you said our name is .....?"
"holken , joost holken . no. pleases ,do not apologize . i am ......sofie 's father /" he paused ." grace 's ....sister 's ....father ."
grace 's ... sister . grace's's sister 's ....father .
gibberish . who are you ? i wondered .
an old relational brain -twister i had stumbled over since i'd forst heard it as a child invaded my brain , uninvited : bothers and sisters . i have none , but this man's father is my yfather 's son ....
i could never figure tjhe damn puzzle our .
i forced myself back to thre suburb of reality that included joost holken and a town in he netherlands called hilversum .could the concussion be causing my brain to misfire this badly ." that's what holken had said . he hadn't said " y daughter sifie , and her family . and my family ."
"my daughter grace was with holken's daughter sofie , who was with her family , sofie's family was not her father's family .
how does this work ? my braion felt incapable of determining how many quarter were in a dollar , let alone solving this intercontinental relatinship riddle .
grace was with sifie , and sofie's family . okay . but was grace also with sofier , and 's grace famly? did grace's family now include sofie , and dofie 's family ?
i gasped . dopes grace's family include joost holken ? when that last question formed in my head , i suddenly under stood everything .
"where is grace ? my daughter ? is she with lasuren ?"
"of corse , of corse . she is with my daughter , sofie , and her family . in amsterdam . she is fine . by now asleep , i'm sure . it is late here .
the situation he was descrinbing made n sense to me . why would grace be with this mNB
;'S DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY ? WHY WASN'T GRACE WITH LAUREN ?
I SWWALLOWED DOWN MORE PANIC ." I
M sorry . i'm not thinking xclearly . are you lauren 's doctor . you said our name is .....?"
"holken , joost holken . no. pleases ,do not apologize . i am ......sofie 's father /" he paused ." grace 's ....sister 's ....father ."
grace 's ... sister . grace's's sister 's ....father .
gibberish . who are you ? i wondered .
an old relational brain -twister i had stumbled over since i'd forst heard it as a child invaded my brain , uninvited : bothers and sisters . i have none , but this man's father is my yfather 's son ....
i could never figure tjhe damn puzzle our .
i forced myself back to thre suburb of reality that included joost holken and a town in he netherlands called hilversum .could the concussion be causing my brain to misfire this badly ." that's what holken had said . he hadn't said " y daughter sifie , and her family . and my family ."
"my daughter grace was with holken's daughter sofie , who was with her family , sofie's family was not her father's family .
how does this work ? my braion felt incapable of determining how many quarter were in a dollar , let alone solving this intercontinental relatinship riddle .
grace was with sifie , and sofie's family . okay . but was grace also with sofier , and 's grace famly? did grace's family now include sofie , and dofie 's family ?
i gasped . dopes grace's family include joost holken ? when that last question formed in my head , i suddenly under stood everything .
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