LXII

IN CONTRARY TO JAKE AND BRIE who adjusted pretty quickly to the whole situation of Samuel appearing out of nowhere with a woman who doesn't seem to be his mother based on how young she looked, Laia remained as pale as a ghost and didn't have any energy whatsoever to even lift the spoon to her mouth.

The words that the asshat mouthed earlier didn't help calm Laia down, either.

"Hey, why aren't you eating?" Brie whispered as subtly as she could when the Senator was enthralled by the conversation that he was having with his wife who Laia honestly thought was the man's daughter.

Or niece.

Or maybe just someone else except being his wife.

"Uh," Laia tried to make Samuel look at her but the boy was adamant to avoid her gaze, trying his best to look focused on his meal. "I'm just a little uncomfortable about everything,"