Stanley dared not look back, as he had caught a glimpse of how depressed Tia looked when he was on his way out. All it would take was a second of hesitation, and Stanley might change his mind and stay back.

‘Let it be. Perhaps Cherry could help me out. If Tia cries for me, I will do my best to create a future for the both of us. But if she doesn’t, I could only give her my blessings and leave her,’ he concluded.

After Stanley had vanished from the doorway, June and Lulu’s whispering became even louder.

“Why is Cherry so rude?” Lulu asked.

“She looked alright the last time we saw her, though.

Sheesh, I guess you can never judge a book by its cover,” June said with a hint of disapproval.

“Perhaps they’re in their honeymoon phase. People tend to act differently when they’re in that phase, you know,” Nicole stated calmly, though her gaze went to tell June and Lulu to quit it with the topic.

Fortunately, the duo picked up on Nicole’s signal almost instantly, and proceeded to change the subject in a jiffy.

best if they did not add

trying to sound

sure you don’t want to have some more?” Gloria asked. “You’ve been eating very

replied, “No thanks.

Gloria said, not wanting to push

away once she was done, as she

could not stop thinking about how Cherry sounded in that phone call with Stanley. Sharing June and Lulu’s opinion on the matter, Tia was in disbelief that Cherry had

in the future?’ Her head was still in the

a 30 second delay before Tia stood up and responded,

her farewell to everyone in the hall and pushed Mrs. Wallace Sr.

feels like Tia is hurt.” Lulu sighed,

“Both of them are acting

in helplessness. “Let them settle it on their

an issue between

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