othing wrong either. He understood this fact.
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Chapter 7
They should give him some time.
She smiled and gave him a nod but her worry for Flare was not lost even with the mask of her smile. Her husband could only sigh and give both his wife and Flare some time.
Her being worried for Flare is nothing wrong either. He understood this fact.
On the other hand, the dejected Flare did not know that he had worried both his parents by going out.
He doesn't know the reason for his rejection towards Estella and her family even himself. The feeling of repulsion towards them came naturally to him and his instincts always told him to stay away from them.
Though he was introverted in nature, the reason for him staying away from Estella and her family was never that. Instead he always felt like he was their prey and they were his predators and hence he had to run away from them. Or he would get eaten raw.