When the time came, the scene at the breakfast table looked precarious to her. Her mother sat poised with a frown on her face, while Melrose and Henry’s mother discussed animatedly about the wedding. Lord Gandalf dug his head in the newspaper and pretended to listen to Darwin’s theory on current politics while Henry and Priscilla had eyes only for each other, but all that didn’t stop Marine from being her usual self.
Marine knew she had failed her parents again and that this time her mother was bound to give her the silent treatment, hence she turned to her father whose main philosophy in life was to take things with stride as they come and go. Speaking about the recent deaths around the world on account of the deadly influenza pandemic, she caught her father and Darwin’s attention. Needl
