ked through the front door. For a seventy-five year-old senior, he still had a

ad shyly and approac

ith my school work." She stooped low an

dfather

student I know who goes to the libra

hough. She just chuckled and walked

" she answered whilst placing her

your age, I was gallivanting around school looking for a fun time! Your grandmother

girl that she should be, " came the reply of So

e leaned in and

er mother gave he

arly next time, "

not looking at the television anymore but to the two women snickering to themselves

h sighed and neared him, placing a quick kiss on his fo

your advice, " Solene grinned an

n-year-old adoptive-brother playing Lego's under the dining table. She hoi

ed when AC slipped from her hol

nodded

d out four plates. "She'll arrive before—" Bu

mother's unusual lack of words. She gave her m

ther-daughter talk,

rfaced inside her. She hoped her mother would answer

eat f

felt she was the center of everyone's attention when she sat at the far end of th

el the atmosphere around her different from the usual daily evenings they had. It was always

Meridith proclaimed

her's gaze, Solene immediately

ier where her shoulders were sti

ten about it, " she said, gl

rowned. "You know I can't. It

to stay silent and then to her mother looking for approval. "But maybe

oice lowered, a silent

years more?" she added, fee

ne within a month. You know exactly tha

ed her arms to her chest. "He, whoever he is, hasn't even had an inkling to check on me, or maybe even introduce himself, maybe estab

e, " her grandmother chimed in. "This family

m and proper. She had the cleanest bun on her head and wore the most well-ironed dress. It looked as if she was a season

grandmother's eyes reading her like she always does e

still her grandmother was fam

going to get you on Saturday afternoon. They already made arrangements of your universi

ul of them." Sol

oached her daughter and

Honey. Everything's

ome. She had come to terms with it since she hit her teen years where first kisses and first dates should have been

om?" she broke out after a few seconds.

a Lady of the Water, glided towards her

and's name is Lor