"Thea, what is taking you so long? Our guests are waiting here." Mr Green called for Thea when she didn't come with glasses of water for their guests for the night.
Mrs Green's lips twitched in irritation and that action didn't go unnoticed by Mr Green's eyes. He always had to play a role of a pacifier between his dear wife and beloved daughter.
Mrs Green always blamed Mr Green for spoiling their daughter with excessive love when she also needed some discipline. But what that poor man could do? Thea was an apple of his eyes.
"Oh no, what should I do?" Thea looked with panicked eyes to Ruth, who had managed to compose herself after getting hit by a shock that the other guest with Rees was no one but Edwin O'Dell.
"You are nervous to meet Rees?"
Thea groaned at her friend. "No... I mean yes. After the stunt I pulled I am very nervous to face him. But I am scared to face Edwin O'Dell. What if he recognises me?" Her eyes widened thinking about the possibility.
