CHAPTER NINE: HER PERCEPTIONS
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Nikki waited for her mother to wake up to have breakfast together. Maybe, in this way, her mother has an appetite to eat more.
When Lucy woke up, she wondered why Nikki had come back already.
"Why are you here now?" she asked Nikki with curiosity in her eyes. It made her wonder if her daughter had successfully sold the land.
"Mama, good morning!" Hugging her mother, Nikki ensures to greet the woman with glee.
"What happened to yesterday's meeting with the buyer?"
"Um, I don't think that person would care for the land, so I rejected him, Mama."
"Oh, he did something that angers you." Lucy guessed.
Nikki shook her head as she replied to her mother, "He looks dangerous to me, Mama."
"Oh. Next time, you should bring someone to accompany you, and it's not safe for you to meet strangers alone."
