#Chapter 202 – Family Dinner

I smirk when I feel Kent check his step just a little before entering the ship’s very tiny dining room. Honestly, I think it’s just a room that they put a table in where we could eat separately from the crew – this ship isn’t really accustomed to taking passengers; even the cabins we’re staying in are usually reserved for officers. So, the tiny room that we enter is very, very full of people that Kent isn’t used to mingling together. But I don’t think anyone sees it except for me as Kent immediately regains his composure and ducks through the door, nodding around to my dad and Janeen, and then Daniel and Jerome, who are certainly standing closer than they ever have in Kent’s presence before. I grin at them, knowing that the jig is up, and that they’re both uncomfortable with it. But I’m pleased to see them not pretending anymore. “Dad!” I gasp, dashing away from Kent’s side to throw my arms around my pops, who hugs me tight. “Hey, little girl,” he says, laughing. “Surprised to see