Chapter 21

"Sebastian, you scamp, why didn't you let us know when you got back? Your grandfather and I were upstairs, waiting for you to bring your girlfriend home!" Dorothy had calculated all the possibilities but it hadn’t crossed her mind that the family of Sebastian would be so pleasant. In her eyes, people with a bit of status and power were almost all somewhat unpleasant. However, Sebastian's mother, his grandfather and grandmother, were all so amiable that Dorothy was both surprised and happy. What she liked the most was spending time with the elderly, feeling every old person was like a book filled with stories. Every conversation was an endless harvest. "Didn't I want to surprise you, fearing you'd be too overwhelmed with joy?" Sebastian, with slick words, teased the elders into hearty laughter. Dorothy was really learning something new. It was said that Sebastian was a notorious tyrant; a spendthrift who would throw money around at the slightest disagreement. She originally thought he w