Now that she had her father’s permission, Anastasia happily prepared to go out the next day.
She hadn’t told Lily about it yet. She planned to tell her the good news in person and have her meal at Lily’s house today. She even started to wonder what delicious food would be served.
Just as she was about to leave, she saw Fabian Moore enter carrying two huge shopping bags and was alarmed.
She worried that her aunt had not given up and had made him come over to persuade her father. ‘If he succeeds in swaying my father, then…’
"Tasia, are you going out?” Fabian saw her and asked.
“Yes, Uncle Fabian, you’re here to…” She saw him carrying so much stuff and knew he was up to something.
Fabian chuckled. “I’m here to talk to your father about something. Is he home?”
‘I’ve guessed correctly!’
Anastasia blurted out, “My father’s not around—”
Before she finished, Cameron’s voice came from behind her, “What’s the matter?”
Fabian was puzzled. ‘Didn’t Tasia say he’s not home?’
He brushed it off and walked past her with the bags. “Ron, Rhea brought some good stuff for you from Southern Nino a few days ago. Where should I put them?”
"That's very nice of her," Cameron said flatly, "I'm not always home, though, and I don't need them. Why don’t you take them back?”
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