He came to keep an eye on me so that I couldn't tell a word to my family and there was a possibility I could've gotten emotional after seeing them for so long.
He gave you a lot of time alone with your family and you could've done it even when he was around.
"Mama knows well." She puts a hand on my cheek, reassuringly. "You can't stay single forever, you should start living a life like a normal person. Get married, have children, no matter where you live."
She was implying that I don't have to return to town if I'm happy there.
That can't be true. My mama was certainly making up things in her head and I had to stop her before she divulges my brain anymore. Not seeing her children getting married and with dad on the bed was depressing her.
I taker her hand in my hands and off my cheek and squeeze them tightly.
"Mama, I don't think I like him-"
