I squinted my eyes when I saw who was coming. So, Alan's father is Dad's friend, not Mom's? Or a friend of both? After all, Dad and Mom went to the same school. Ah, it's making my head spin.
"Shaira, come here, sweetie." Dad called me. I approached.
Dad and Mom were already there. Karlo was also sitting on one of the sofas in the living room. And the visitor Dad was expecting turned out to be Alan's family.
"This is Dad's old friend, Uncle Rextama. Just call him Uncle Rex like Dad does. Right, Yud?"
The middle-aged man smiled and nodded in agreement.
I nodded slowly with a slight smile, not forgetting to politely greet him by reaching for his hand.
"Pretty, like her mother," praised Uncle Rex, glancing at me and then at Mom. Uncle Rex's wife's face immediately frowned upon hearing he
