"Mother!" Emma exclaimed as she hugged her mother in the tightest hug.
"I missed you, dear," Chloe said as she greeted her only daughter.
Emma separated from her mother, greeting Lily's parents with a hug as well.
Lily did the same, that was, until the topic of boyfriends was brought up.
"So, Em, I've heard you've gotten a boyfriend," Mrs Carmichael said as she smiled warmly at her daughter.
Chloe spoke for her ex-colleague, "I can't wait to meet him, what's your boyfriend like Em?"
Mr Carmichael added, "He's treating you right, isn't he?"
Lily answered for her best friend, saving Emma from embarrassment.
"Yes, she has. And her boyfriend treats her amazingly, that is, from what Emma's told me," Lily replied.
"And yes, you'll be meeting him tomorrow," Emma reminded.
Chloe smirked.
"My daughter's taken and has a boyfriend now. She's met her Prince Charming, who's a real prince," she said, accepting that her daughter had a man in her life.
