Today's OneWord: Welcoming

The house had a welcoming atmosphere, and the heavy and pleasing odors of the adjacent food table certainly helped with that. I grabbed a paper plate and filled it with delicacy cheeses, sausage bites, chicken legs, and olives before trotting over to the balcony, where my friend Joy was watching her father play tennis in the court below.

"Great place," I told her.

"Thanks." Joy smiled. "It'll be all mine once the old bastard kicks it."

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