Bothered

“Hi, there!” Jude Parker, Nicole’s dad, greeted with expressed enthusiasm. Mike was glad to hear the father greet him with a cheerful voice and tone, it comforted him somehow. Mike was not at ease to be in Nicole’s place, especially about being in her room as they spoke to her parents even if it was just over the phone.

However, Mike’s gladness disappeared as quickly as how it came.

“Mike Wilson, did I get your name right, Mike?” The lady who looked so much alike Nicole spoke with an aloof and a sense of demeaning behavior. “May I ask what do you want from my daughter?” Lisa Parker, the mom, asked coldly.

Just like the smoke of steam when something is boiling, the good mood vanished. The ambience became chilly and uncomfortable.

Jude and Nicole were taken aback by Lisa’s sudden change in tone and approach as she spoke to the young man, whom their daughter was friends with.

“I do not want anything from Nicole aside from the friendship that we already have,” Mike replied in the same m