ODDS OF LOVE - SEASON 14

Episode 56

At the sight of Daniel Norris' handsome rugged face with his charming smile Glory widened her eyes and gasped as she dropped her long stemmed crystal wine glass onto the marble floor.

Andrew glanced at his wife with concern. " Glory , darling, are you okay? Did you hurt yourself? "

Nigel quickly jumped up to strode out of the room to retrieve a broom and dustpan from the storage closet, calling out to the others not to hurt themselves on the glass shards. As he left Aiden looked up and noticed the younger man for the first time really. Noticed his violet tinted eye which were very unique to the point of being unusually rare. He thought about the picture of the blonde young girl in his wallet. The one with the violet eyes. His never known mother. Could this man be somehow related to his mother? , Aiden pondered. Did he really want to know ?

" I'm alright," Glory whispered as her eyes still stared in almost disbelief at the younger man.

Andrew also looked at the man with narrowed eyes and a slight suspicion on his face. He felt like he was looking into a mirror when he saw Daniel. Just a younger more arrogant one. His supposed half brother.

As Nigel returned with the broom and dustpan to sweep up the glass promptly, Daniel said cockily," Why, Gloria Giadello ! Long time since I have seen you. You still look radiant. "

Glory didn't look very radiant at the moment in her bright red headscarf and very pale skin. She looked alarmed and slightly guilty. She turned her head away from Daniel towards Andrew who just looked from Daniel to her and then back at Daniel.

Alice Rose said softly," Oh , Daniel, you know Andrew's wife? That's Andrew right there beside her. Your brother. I emailed you about him. And his sons. His daughter too. Lorraine.... couldn't be here today unfortunately. "

Daniel bypassed Nigel who departed to dump out the shards and leaned over to press a sudden kiss upon Glory's startled lips. Andrew bristled next to his wife and glared at the man.

" Oh , yes , Mom ," Daniel replied with a casually dramatic flair as he straightened up. " Gloria and I are.... old friends. Gloria, have you told..... Andrew, is it now , about your little social worker workshop at Oxford years ago when we met in a wonderful little pub ? Good times , weren't they? You were married to someone else then. Frank or something? "

Glory mumbled under her breath," Franco. He's dead now. Now I'm married to Andrew. We're very happy together. "

Daniel's smile grew wider until he spied his son sitting between his grandson and another man. " Oh , hello, Aiden. You're looking..... much the same as usual. This is Gary , I assume? "

Aiden dropped his fork on the plate loudly. " No. This is not Gary. Gary and I have been divorced for two years. You would know that if you actually tried being a father to me, Dad. "

A.R. shook her head. And this, she thought, was why she didn't do family dinners.