/-RUBBY-/

My lower lips quivered as I forced myself to eat, I was just so unlucky, and to think that he was such a lovely person.

Across the table, my mom seemed triumphant, almost happy that he had disappointed me; she liked Nolan, which explains it; she didn't want another man for me.

Dad, on the other hand, was his wife's husband, he did everything she said and accepted anything that came out of her mouth, it left me wishing for a man like my dad, who would never argue with me, though ...