After closing the first aid kit and calming myself, I leave the room and go to the kitchen to help. But when I hear voices, I stop.
“I love Holly. I’ll ask for her hand in marriage.” It’s undeniably Aaron’s voice.
“I like Holly as a person, but not as your wife,” came Senyor Pablo’s reply. “There is this girl who always comes to visit. Why not marry her instead?”
A girl who always visits? Don’t tell me it’s Martha? Is she always here now? Did she not give up on Aaron after that scandalous behavior at the party?
“Why would you not approve of her?” Aaron asks instead.
“Because Holly is not the type to marry. She’s a mage and is still eighteen years old.”
“She’s different. I have already prepared for it. Won’t you give me your approval, at least?” Aaron insists.
Senyor Pablo exhales.
