"I am sorry you have to hear that, they don't mean to hurt you, it's just their attempt to get at me," Laura explained to Chris a few steps away from them.
"Isn't that what you also think?" Chris said and pulled away from her, grabbing a glass of wine from the waiter.
“What nonsense are you saying? Of course I didn't think like that," she said, wondering why he was suddenly angry at her.
"It seems like you do to me," he insisted and made to leave to another side but his mother came to them with Mira following behind her, and he paused but still maintained a distance from her.
“Mom, don't," Chris said when he noticed her eyes fixed on Laura.
“How have you been, ma'am?” Laura asked, trying to strike up a conversation between them, but she scoffed instead.
“So you still recognize me? I
