-- being under such a microscope but at least with @SlySuitor, I could be a little more free. It seemed when I spoke out of turn, it --
I don't mind them... It was just surprising. [I offer my family a wave as @SlySuitor and I step outside my family home. I was tired of --
-- he nodded, I gave @SlySuitor a small smile.] I'd rather enjoy that... Dem.
[It pained me that my father had to be the one to offer my hand for something as simple as dinner with @SlySuitor. But I waited. And when --
-- to it. I moved closer to @SlySuitor and offered a playful curtsy.] And how are you, Demetri?
-- and myself. My father could drone on about many things and I could see the look in @SlySuitor's eyes meant he was tired of listening --
And a reprieve from my father. [I gave my father a playful nudge before kissing his cheek. He just gave a laugh as he looked @SlySuitor --
-- actually seemed to be paying attention to me. What I had to say. I stood from my spot on my bed before making my way down to @SlySuitor.]
-- and @SlySuitor's last. But it was odd. How easily Demetri seemed to understand me. He knew I wasn't one for the normal things. He --
-- was making that plan fail miserably. My father loved @SlySuitor and my mother was already stitching me some handkerchiefs with my name --
-- determined to live my life as an old spinster in my father's home just to avoid things such as betrothal and marriage. And @SlySuitor --
[I look to my sister beside me and sigh as @SlySuitor's arrival is announced. I really liked him. And that was the problem. I had been --
