7

"What am I going to do, and why are my parents here?" My legs were frozen in place. I don't know what I'm going to do. I'll just make up an excuse and leave from here. It should be better that way.

I have to leave from here before they see me. Until I heard my sister's voice, my legs seemed to have a mind of their own as they stayed rooted in their place.

"Alexander, it's so nice to meet you. I can't believe you are right in front of me," she said in her annoying, high-pitched voice.

He just gave her a slight nod and didn't say a word to her. Not that I'm jealous, it's far from that, just happy that he didn't give her the attention he wanted.

"I'm glad you're here, Mr. Williams. You are just in time to meet my son's beautiful wife," Mr. Romano said in a confident voice. I leaned against the wall, trying to figure out what to do. I can't meet my parents; they don't even know that we are married, not that they would care, but I just can't.

My dad looked at Charlotte, who had a fake smil