RAVEN:
The clumsy one. Her words sit in my chest for a few seconds, and f**k, I beg my body to react, but it is as though I remain frozen in time, begging for a savior. The soup burns hot inside me, and I suddenly push the seat back with a scrape, standing.
I force back my tears.
“Are you okay?” Dante asks, and I smile at him.
“Silly me. I am so clumsy,” I say with a short laugh. “I will just get this cleaned, and…”
“Let me come with you.” He volunteers, but world’s best mum intervenes.
“You do not have to. Let me help her clean up,” she says, reaching for his hand, and Dante glares at me, nodding.
“I am fine, ma’am.” I state with a straight face.
“Nonsense. You are my daughter-in-law, and what better way to show my care than now,” she says, and I give the widest grin, then I walk
