"Impossible!" William muttered, staring at Sofia blankly.
"Why? Mom didn't allow Samuel to go. But when he said he was going to Tokyo to persuade a woman to marry him, she allowed it," Sofia explained with an enthusiastic expression. She opened the box and plucked an apple pie and complimented how sweet and delicious it was. She was a sucker for sweet pies. She was a sucker for Japanese sweets. A cute and less sugar one.
Sofia must not know that the cause of William's daze wasn't that he didn't believe that Samuel was allowed to go to Tokyo. He just didn't want to believe that he was being preceded by Samuel again. If this time he got ahead of Samuel again, maybe, his dream of spending the rest of his life with Paula would be gone. For good.
Of course, William suddenly forgot his main purpose of visiting his aunt's house. Without saying goodbye, he immediately ran back to his car and drove away from his cousin's house.
"William! Hey!"
