As she expected, her father was not pleased to see Maximo being with her. However, she couldn't possibly run away or avoid him, so she took a deep breath and walked towards her father and hugged him, but her father pushed her away.
“I told you to come home, but that doesn't mean you will bring him with you!” her father told her angrily.
She bowed her head. “But, Dad–”
Maximo cut off her sentence by speaking up for himself.
“Excuse me, sir, would you please lend me your time? I just wanted to explain myself,” Maximo asks her father, using a serious tone. While his hand was in his pocket, as if he was showing how confident he was and not afraid of any harm he might receive from her angry father.
She couldn't help but to look at him. She did not expect this attitude, but somehow she
