Liana's POV
My mother invited him in.
I didn't stop her.
I just stepped back from the door. Moved out of the way. Because what was I going to do? stand there and block him while Aunt Carol watched from the sofa? So I stepped back and my mother said l”come in, David” and took his coat and that was that.
He was inside my mother's house.
She gave him some pudding.
Of course she did.
I sat at the far end of the sofa and looked at my own plate and said nothing.
The room adjusted with him. Aunt Carol went quieter. Diane focused very hard on her baby. The boys disappeared somewhere with their phones. Pete started talking to him like they have been friends for a while.
And Raphael.
Raphael got up from beside me and crossed the room and sat down next to him.
He introduced himself. Shook
