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!’

Francine to tell her

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the Holdens’

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

nearly jumped up

now? Where did Jeremy find Corinne?]

own accord

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

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