It was ten o'clock when the family gathered around the dinner table and everyone was present at this time even Liam, who was absent most days of the week and silence prevailed at that table, all of them contenting themselves with eating. while none of them knows about the many thoughts running through the others' heads.
On the one hand, James was thinking about the fate of his children and about Angel, who had suddenly entered their lives, which might cause many problems between him and his siblings.
On the other hand, Olivia was thinking about Lucas and her silent love for him. And how to make him feel this love that she carries for him in her heart.
While both Mark and Liam were thinking about the horse race and they both hoped to get one of the first places. Finally, Angel's thoughts varied between her feelings, which she began to feal towards Mark, and her feelings for her father. her father, who didn't contact her at all today. Is he busy with something preventing him from contacting her?
(Angel dear, what are you thinking about?)
Angel turned to the owner of the voice and said with a faint smile: "It's nothing, uncle."
James said in a calm tone: "Tell me, my dear. Am I not your uncle?"
She nodded and then said, trying to hide the worry in her tone of voice: "Dad. he didn't call me today."
James said with a pitying smile: "Maybe he is busy."
Mark intervened in the conversation, saying: "Or perhaps he forgot to contact you."
Angel turned to Mark and said with disapproval: "This won't happen. It is impossible for my dad to forget to call me."
Mark said : "Why is it impossible? We are all humans."
Angel said, shaking her head in denial: "You don't know my father. He can forget everything except me."
She added, biting her lower lip: "I fear that something bad may have happened to him or..."
Mark quickly interrupted her: "Why don't you call him and check on him then?"
She pointed to herself in shock: "Me??"
"Yes, you. What surprises you about this?"
Angel looked away from Mark as if she was afraid to face him, and then she said: "I don't know, but I'm used to him always calling me."
Mark said with an encouraging smile: "You won't lose anything by trying. Rather, we will be the ones who will have the price of an international call added to our home phone bill."
Angel shook her head in denial and didn't move from her place an inch. James said calmly after giving Mark a firm look: "Really, Angel. What Mark is saying is true. Why don't you call him and check on him?"
Angel said as she felt a lump in her throat: "He will call. I know he will. It is impossible for him to forget to call me. He promised me."
Mark exhaled warmly and then said: "Here take the phone. "
Angel didn't understand the meaning of his statement, but she did understand when she looked at him and saw him extending his hand to her with his phone. She looked at him in astonishment, without having the strength to extend her hand to take the phone from his hand. Meanwhile, Olivia turned to her and said with a smile: "Take his phone, Angel, and call your father so you could rest assured."