Chapter 430: Uninvited guest (4)
"Father, are you crying? There is water on my shoulder. I thought you wouldn’t want the knights to see you crying," Annalise said, using her hands to shield her father’s face from everyone watching. Moments like this were for her and her mother’s eyes only.
Annalise couldn’t have the knights thinking that because her father was so quick to cry he might be weak. She had overheard many times how men picked on others for crying. That was not going to happen with her father.
"I am not crying," Phillip said as he stepped back with Annalise still in his arms and attempted to close the door.
There was no one outside his home that he was interested in speaking to when Annalise was back safe and sound. They could all return to where they came from now.
Celine stopped the door from closing so they wouldn’t be rude to the guests they had now thanks to Annalise. "Do not close that door again or so help me," she warned her husband. She was close to getting Phillip well acquainted with her right palm.
Celine walked down the steps to hug Rafael since he was part of the family now. Or soon he would be officially. She noticed that this time there were women who didn’t appear to be knights and wondered if Annalise had brought home some of the friends she made.
They were all dressed so fancy so Celine hoped that this would rub off on Annalise who preferred pants. It couldn’t hurt Annalise to dress up more often.
"Welcome back," Celine greeted Rafael. She inspected him for any injuries she would need to fix up. "You’re just in time for dinner, but now I don’t think soup is fitting."
"I would enjoy soup right now after bearing with the cold," Rafael said, not wanting her to change what she was doing just for him.