6- Afraid of the brother

Lucy Knew it. Lucy Knew it! This is her life. Always obstacles.

Lucy Thought back to the parent-meeting, biting her thumbnail. Lucy Looked outside, but nothing came to her mind at all.

“You are always like that when you’re nervous. It hurts,” Noah said, glancing at me in the passenger seat. He took out some gum from the pocket of his suit after making eye contact. “Chew this instead.”

Lucy Took the gum from him, but her hand was visibly shaking.

Noah looked at her hand in surprise. “It’s not a big deal,” he said.

“What?” Lucy Asked. “Didn’t you see his eyes? He looked like he was about to hurt me.”

“There’s nothing he can do. Everybody else is with us. What can he do? It’s a done deal. You don’t have to care about just one disagreement,” Noah answered calmly.

“Lucydon’t care about that! He’s going to be her family, I’ll see him regularly after the marriage.” Lucy Broke a piece off of the gum in her hand and put it in her mouth, chewing slowly with tearful eyes.

“You are scared, huh? A