“Lots and give me time to explain everything to you please,” Gwen begged Lisa.
“Then, talk and hurry up. There are so many things to do," answered Lisa.
Gwen walked closer to Lisa, she invited the eighteen-year-old girl to sit in the living room, so their conversation would become more relaxed and warm.
Lisa followed Gwen and they sat side by side on the sofa in the living room. Then, Gwen looked at the girl and began to explain.
“Lisa, I knew and realized that my relationship with Bruce cannot be justified. I'm not asking you to forgive us, nor forgive me. After formalizing this relationship, I realized that you would think of me as the third person present among your parents. However, we had also tried to forget this feeling the best we can do, but we were unable to do that. The more we tried to stay away from each other, the more we realized that we need each other. I love him and he loves me too. From the beginning, it was not our intention to betray your mother or commit an affair. We just realized that we need each other and cannot live alone. That feeling has been there ever since we got closer and we see each other more often. I hope you will understand this situation and as a girl who is growing up, I hope that you will learn to understand our condition, learn to accept my presence and I hope that in the future we can get along well," said Gwen.
Lisa was silent and has yet to respond. As Scott once ever said that she must maintain a good relationship with her father. If she continued like this, of course, it would hurt her father's feelings and everyone else's. Doesn't she want her family to be happy? Where can her father and grandmother continue to smile?
It was kinda difficult, then Lisa turned and looked at Gwen's face which was starting to grow a little wrinkled, but her beauty was still visible and it turned out that she was very beautiful when looked up closer.
“Give me and Sean time to learn to accept all of this. Doesn't everything need a process? This is hard for me to accept and forget, because I feel my mother has been betrayed, even though you explained your reasons and my father's reasons. But, I do want to fix all of this. So, I hope you can be patient and wait," answered Lisa.
"Of course. Thanks, Lisa for your understanding. You are amazing," she said again.
Suddenly, Gwen hugged Lisa tightly for a long time, until the girl was quite touched by the woman's affection for her. After the hug, Gwen also asked Lisa to the kitchen to cook breakfast together as well as prepare the ingredients for the barbecue party this afternoon.
Meanwhile, Scott has been up since morning and he's been sitting on the head of his bed writing a short message to Lisa. In his message, Scott invited her to go camping up the hill, the same place they used to be when they first went on a date.
In his plan this time, Scott intended to explain everything to Lisa and see her reaction and propose to her all at once. He didn't want to delay any longer. His loneliness has made him want to always be by Lisa's side because she can give him happiness and warmth.
After finishing writing a short message to Lisa, he opened the desk drawer that was located beside his bed and took a small round box, then he opened it. It was a diamond ring stored in the box. The ring that he will give to Lisa when he proposes to her later. His heart was filled with happiness and his face was always smiling.
On the other side, before lunchtime, all the necessities for a barbecue party were ready on the spacious back porch of Dorothy's house. Everything was ready, including all of Lisa's family members. They sat in the living room waiting for other family members and their friends to arrive.
Since Lisa and Sean had no friends in Stowe, Lisa only invited Jessy Ford. The five of them sat in the living room enjoying juice and a piece of chocolate cake. Lisa could feel something different in her family at that moment. Yes, the difference was that his father looks happier and more excited.
From time to time, Lisa and Sean joked along with Gwen and Bruce. One other unique fact was that they were finally starting to realize the reason why their father fell in love with Gwen, it turned out that she is a friendly and very nice woman who can make other people laugh.
So, both of them thought maybe it was time for them to learn to accept Gwen's presence in their midst so that happiness would continue to be created between them.
An hour later, from outside Dorothy's house came the sound of cars stopping. Lisa thought it might be Scott and his friends' car. Then she offered to look outside and open the door for them. She got up and walked towards the entrance. However, before she opened the door, she looked first through the window beside the door, her guess was right, it was Scott and his friends and also Jessy Ford.
Lisa's face immediately blushed, she missed Scott so much. She pushed the doorknob downwards and opened the door for the guests. When the door opened, Scott and the others were walking out onto Dorothy's porch.
Lisa greeted them with a smile and she immediately ran to Scott and hugged him.
“Scott,” she called, hugging the man. Scott returned the hug while kissing the top of the girl's head a few times.
"I miss you, girl. I miss you so much," Scott said.
"Me too. I keep thinking about you, but you seem too busy and I don't dare even to send you a message," answered Lisa.
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