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When we arrived home, we entered through the front door. Mom went to hug her son immediately while Dad approached me and Daniel.
"David, thanks for coming to meet us this afternoon. How did things go?" Dad asked. "Did anything interesting happen?"
"No... Nothing happened at all," he replied quietly.
"Are you sure? It seems that you guys got to talking, that's all," Mom responded, smiling warmly at David.
I noticed that he smiled weakly at his mother in return. He said nothing. He remained quiet the entire evening. I could tell that he didn't want to talk about anything. It felt as if he had made up his mind to let it rest.
After dinner, everybody left the kitchen. Daniel, David, and I decided to hang around downstairs. We were seated on the sofa with cups of tea in our hands. I
