Chapter 155 - I Need Your Support

I walked out of the car but right when I was about to walk past the restaurant's door I heard my phone ringing.

It was a text from my sister, Evelyn: 'Don't you dare to walk in before waiting for me. I need your support!!!"

I waited for her and when she arrived she was so nervous that she walked stiffly towards me.

She cheered Cameron and then targeted her attention back to me.

When I hugged her she clenched her teeth and whispered, "I am so nervous!"

She turned around and Carol appeared from the turn showing off a beautiful long red dress. 

"Carol!" I exclaimed as I covered my mouth with my hand. "You look amazing!" I smiled.

I couldn't believe in my eyes, she looked so breathtakingly beautiful. 

Evelyn just was as surprised as me seeing her like that but when Carol reached her Evelyn couldn't refrain from the huge smile to morph her expression and relaxed her face.

"You are beautiful!" Evelyn blushed.

Carol flashed us with a big smile, "if this is the first and also last time I see your mother I gotta make it memorable!"

Evelyn and I both smiled and thanks to Carol's arrival Evelyn's tension slowly faded away.

Cameron placed his hand on my back and all the four of us entered the restaurant where our mother was waiting for us inside.

Cameron shook my mother hand's and introduced to her then Carol did the same.

I immediately recognized the tensed nervous facial expression my mother had. She still tried to mind her compose and offer nice polite smiles to both Cameron and Carol. Angie even seemed pretty much discomfortable with Carol, especially since she wasn't able to hold her gaze with any of us before flinching away or lowering her gaze.

After an embarrassing silence, my mother cleared her voice and then gazed at Carol and then at my sister.

"I am glad you Evelyn and Carol accepted my invite. And I am happy to meet you, Cameron." Her voice disappointed her best efforts since it rang still nervous and almost shaky.

But nor Cameron nor Carol seemed to notice or if they did, they undercover it well.

Carol looked at Evelyn as if she needed her approval before answering, indeed only when she hinted at a nod did Carol speak.

"Nice to meet you, Miss Angie."

Her red dress emphasized the milky skill and she looked like a beautiful porcelain process. She was unrecognizable compared to the last time I saw her when she wore black clothes.

The tension was so palpable that none of us dared to hold each other gaze for too long and silence lapsed over as we all pretended to browse through the menu.

Suddenly I felt a warm hand squeezing my knee and when I glanced at it I recognized my man's hand. I lifted my gaze to meet Cameron's gaze. He smiled at me confidently to reassure me he was alright and inform me he was going to speak then turned around to look at my mother. 

"I have to compliment you for how amazing you had raised your daughters. Lily is helping me so much to discover his sides of myself and find my peace in this world. I had met many women in my entire life but I can guarantee you none of them is comparable to Lily."

I felt so proud and happy hearing Cameron's brief speech, nobody ever talked about me so well and with my mother. 

My mother was just as surprised and her eyes filled with pride and joy for some instants.

"Thank you, Cameron. I am proud and lucky to have two amazing daughters like Lily and Evelyn."

Evelyn smiled shyly, she cleared her voice to find the courage and then intervened, "I am sorry for the quarrel we had. I am glad you gave me and Carol a chance."

Angie nodded, "so... how did you two meet?" She asked traveling her gaze between the couple.

Meantime the waiter came to our table to take our orders. 

"We met by a casualty... It was thanks to Julien since he wanted to get to know me better but instead, I fell in love with Carol."

My mother's face froze and turned impossible for some seconds, generating distress in both me and Cameron who shared a concerned gaze. Mentioning Julien was probably a bad idea, I held my breath in anticipation.

"So..." my mother shook her head confused, "so Julien didn't know you were... " she cleared her voice, "I mean... He didn't know you had different interests?"

My heartbeat from a peaceful beating began to race and I swallowed down mentally praying that my sister wouldn't get mad for that question.

Thankfully enough both her and Carol's face seemed still quite calm.

"I was in a pub that day and I didn't know him yet so of course, he couldn't tell. Yet as soon as I saw Carol something inside me clicked just like our souls recognized each other." Evelyn continued to explain not letting my mother's expression affect her mood.

Cameron's hand squeezed my knee again and when I looked at him he nodded as if he wanted to tell me that thing happened to him as well.

"I see..." my mother whispered. The embarrassing tension was broken thanks to the waiter's arrival who placed our dishes on the table and then wished us to have a good dinner together.

We all began to eat and then commented on the food from time to time to slightly lower down the tension and only after we almost ate half of the main courses did my sister carry the spotlight back on her and Carol's relationship.

I got the feeling that she wanted to free herself and face mom before it was too late, right now that she found the courage to get there and the opportunity to finally put her cards on the table she was going to take advantage of it.