Chapter 499: A seat at the table (2)
"You should have told me that you were coming with your family."
"Then it wouldn’t have been a surprise that we were coming. My parents will only stay a few days because that was all my father could bring himself to do. I have Ezra taking charge while I am here and my father will take over when he returns," Annalise informed Rafael.
She sat with him in the dining room, watching Lydia occasionally pop up after she came out of a room and walked around to find another.
They were all waiting for Beatrice and River to arrive after inviting them to have one big family dinner for the two families to properly meet each other.
Annalise was prepared for dinner to go good or bad because of their fathers. Two men who once tried to kill each other meeting again.
"Is it just me or does Mavis seem more nervous than normal whenever she looks at me? Is she afraid because we came from the border?" Annalise asked whilst looking at Mavis. "We had started over last time and now we have to do it again. Hello," she waved to Mavis. "See, she’s running away."
"She must still be getting used to you becoming my wife and now Lydia is here so like everyone else she is on her toes, Did anything new happen since the letter you sent?" Rafael asked, placing his hand on Annalise’s belly.
Maybe his eyes were playing tricks on him because he wanted the child to be coming sooner, but he thought her belly looked a little different. Touching it, he couldn’t feel a difference and thought it was just his excitement that had him thinking there were changes.
"There were a few times my parents or Siena had to care for Lydia because I didn’t feel good in the morning. I’ve learned what to avoid as it makes me sick. I wish you could see the progress that has been made with the manor and other homes are starting to go up. I cannot wait," Annalise said, excited to see the new town be finished.