“Thank you Dean,” Rachel answered.
“Thank you,” I repeated.
I saw Rachel parents coming close. They wanted to meet Josh for sure. I didn’t want to be in the way and then I thought that Dean would have felt like that too. I had to find an excuse to get him away.
“Dean, do you want to see my dissertation? I brought it to show it to my friends...”
He looked at his brother first, then Rachel and after a moment of silence, probably out of kindness, he answered, “Yes sure, why not...”
We went away, leaving them alone. Even if they didn’t stay alone for long. I turned around three quarters and I saw Rachel’s parents that were introducing themselves to Josh, who was red because of the embarrassment.
“Rachel’s parents were coming, that’s why I took you away. I thought that you didn’t want to
