My father and mother split years ago. My mother is Puerto Rican, so I am half Hispanic. Father moved to another State, came to me every summer and winter, stayed at a hotel, and we spend time together. He never invited me to his place, he said it was a one bedroom apartment and it was all "unsettled". He met me at the airport, and it appeared that he moved into a house and never told me on the phone. At the house I was met by a blonde woman, a blond boy of about 18, and a blonde girl of about my age. Father said it was his fiancee Lydia and her children! And that they were getting married! Lydia served home-made food, table was served with multiple forks, like in a restaurant! They joined hands and said grace before dinner. Father never said grace with us, he refused to do it, when he left my mother and I started doing it again. He never said to these blond children that I was half Hispanic, and they stared at me like I was something from the Zoo! Instead of going to play tennis with me, he dragged me to see Paul (Lydia's son) playing soccer league, and people took Paul for his real son, and congratulated him, and said that they were alike! Lydia is planning an elaborate wedding, she is constantly on the phone, talking about miniature soufflés, tuberose and magnolia blossoms. They feel like a family, and I like an outsider, while they are busy planning and partying I sit in my room, which looks like a guest room straight out of a Holiday Inn. What should I do?
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