Chapter 38: Anxiety (1)
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“No… nothing…” She looked at the ground, still smiling and feeling good about being praised. It was silly for a woman her age to become so unbelievably excited because of such simple words as ‘good job’ but at that moment she didn’t really care whether it was silly or not. The fact was… she was happy. Something about Henry made her so drawn to him, that she had a difficult time understanding herself at times.
It was like all of the previous nervousness and anxiety she felt when around anyone else, she didn’t feel when around Henry. But it was only him, him and no one else. It was a strange feeling Adeline had toward the man. Could it be a romantic interest, or did she accept him as some kind of father or authority figure? She couldn’t figure it out, she kne
