“Francine, you should be sleeping. Why are you here making a ruckus in your brother’s room?” came Pamela’s tired voice from the hallway.

She could not sleep out of worry for Corinne, so she got up to see what was going on when she heard Francine shouting. A minute later, she pushed open the door.

“Grandma, Jeremy has brought a woman home. She claims she’s a very good friend of his. I asked her to go sleep in the guest room, but she insisted on sleeping here ’cause she doesn’t want the bad energy in the guest room to affect her luck,” said Francine as soon as she saw Pamela. “Don’t you think she’s doing this on purpose?”

Pamela looked to where Francine was pointing and was stunned by the woman standing there.

“Hello, Grandma! I’m Sophia,” she greeted Pamela warmly. “Sorry if I’ve woken you up from your sleep.”

Pamela nodded after she snapped out of her shock. “You’re more than welcome to stay since you’re already here, but not in this room. You can stay in Francine’s room, and she can go stay in the guest room.”

“Great! Thanks, Grandma,” said Sophia happily.

about the arrangement at all. “Grandma, why did you say she can

this really the way to treat a guest?! She’s your brother’s friend and has come a long way from abroad. The least we could do is to

not understand why Pamela would

right now. It took me a lot coax

don’t have to wake him up. Just quietly carry him to the guest

“Grandma!”

do as

did not

the heck is Sophia? Why does it

helplessly at Pamela.

our family so you go to Francine’s

said Sophia cheerfully before following Francine

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