Caroline had already prepared dinner, so I had Shannon stay for a meal. She could also get to know Nicky better.
At the dinner table, Shannon was still her carefree self and was unrestrained in front of Nicky, whom she was not familiar with. I looked at her and did not know whether to laugh or cry. "She's always like this. Please don't mind her."
I explained just in case Nicky thought that she was being rude.
Nicky waved her hand and said with a smile, "I don’t mind it. Shannon is very cute.
Hearing this, Shannon's chopsticks stopped. She looked at Nicky with a smile at the corner of her lips. "Thank you for your compliment. You’re also very beautiful. I heard Wanda say that you got injured because you were saving Munchkin."
"Yes, it was just an accident. It’s nothing." Nicky obviously did not want to talk about it, so she just brought her through it in a hurry.
Shannon was unwilling to leave on this topic, however. She continued asking, "Not only Munchkin, but you also saved Wanda several times. Oh, I was just wondering. Whaldorf City is huge. How is it that you were always there to save Wanda when something was going to happen to her?"
I thought Shannon was getting more outrageous the more she spoke. I also noted that Nicky's expression had changed. I interrupted Shannon quickly. ” Shannon, they were just accidents. Don't
think about them so much."
Shannon glanced at me, and her smile grew wider. "I wasn’t implying anything. I was just lamenting. Fate is really something that just comes as it pleases. This means that Miss Doyle is quite fated with you, Wanda."
For a moment, Nicky looked up and faced her with a faint smile on her face. "Yes, our fates run deep. That's why we became friends. The same is true for Miss Collins and Wanda."
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