Jeremy scoffed again. “We’ve already ordered for ourselves. You two can order something else if you want.”

“Oh, you’ve ordered? That’s great,” said Marcus with a sincere smile. “I’ll just order a few of Annie’s favorite dishes, then.”

Annie fell into deep thought, which made her look like she was in a trance while Marcus called over the waiter to order a few more dishes.

‘Uncle Jeremy and Corinne stopped talking after Marcus and I came,’ thought Annie. Jeremy’s tense expression was as though someone owed him a lot of money. Meanwhile, Corinne was looking out of the restaurant’s window absent-mindedly.

‘No, this won’t do! They’re going to break up at this rate! A man should be the first to apologize for this kind of problem to be solved.’

Annie did no doubt Jeremy’s holier-than-thou attitude would push Corinne further away.

Suddenly, a light bulb went off in her mind. ‘If I can’t persuade Uncle Jeremy, someone else can!’

texted Francine to tell her

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at the Holdens’

did not have class in the afternoon. She just took a shower after getting back from school when she saw Annie’s text, stating Corinne had returned. Annie even sent her a photo, which she had taken secretly, of Corinne

nearly jumped up

are you guys now? Where did Jeremy

restaurant. Corinne returned on her own accord

to bring her back later? I’ve gotta tell Grandma this

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