Siding with outsiders

Bae held back the laugh threatening to escape from her lips and instead she broke into a coughing fit. It got so bad Ethan escorted her to the kitchen for a glass of water.

Kara to her credit masked her embarrassment quite well, but it just made Genesis feel the second-hand embarrassment even worse.

Everyone took a seat and started discussing various topics, mostly everyone's well-being and so on but it was quite difficult to involve Kara in the conversations when Genesis would fall silent every time she opened her mouth. They would immediately drop the topic as soon as Kara involved herself in it. At some point, they stopped talking completely and only nodded slightly at each question asked.

Answers like "Yes" and "No" were common from their months and everyone noticed.

Aiden watched his grandmother drag her eyes from Kara to Genesis as if trying to read the relationship and what was happening between the three of them. He refused to give any answers.