Chapter 382- Iron Embrace
As Marissa stepped inside her home, she felt her shoulders heavy with exhaustion. She could sense Rafael following her inside. However, she stopped in her tracks when she found Sophie and Joseph sitting on the couch. Their faces were tight with concern.
"I called them here," Rafael’s voice murmured close to her ear, "I figured we might need some extra support," he hesitated for a moment before adding softly, "I hope that’s ok with you."
Marissa was so tired that she couldn’t even snub Rafael for disturbing their friends repeatedly. Instead, she just sighed and leaned back, muttering, "You better have a good reason for this."
Deep down, she already felt guilty for dragging them into her mess.
Like, come on! The couple deserved some peace.
"Mar!" Sophie exclaimed, rising quickly, "We’ve been waiting. How did it go with the doctor?"
Marissa set her bag down on the entryway table and glanced back at Rafael who was hanging up his coat.
"Doctor?" she hesitated, her eyes darted to Abigail who had joined her siblings on the rug, helping Georgie in solving the puzzle, "it went... fine."
"It was good, Soph!" Rafael finished it for her and then went ahead to remove the toy train from the floor that was Ariel’s favorite.
Sophie and Joseph kept looking at them. They must have felt that the parents were unusually quiet.
"What’s the matter?" Sophie asked them worriedly. She knew Marissa enough to notice the tension on her pale face. She didn’t look good.