Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 6

After closing the door, Carla tousled her hair, seeming to be so frustrated. She couldn't help but let out an audible sigh as she walked toward the couch.

She stared blankly at the wall while five minutes had passed.

And then ten minutes...

Twenty minutes...

Subconsciously, Carla took a glance at the door.

But everything was still the same, and the door just remained shut. The silence was so deafening that she somewhat yearned to hear even just a single knock on that door.

After getting a whiff of the delicious sparerib soup that Terence had left for her in the kitchen, the guilt Carla felt toward him crept up more and more into her gut.

Although he just came around out of the blue and didn't even bother telling her who he really was, he might have had a good reason to keep it from her.

Besides, they stayed almost a day in the hospital, and it was actually already close to dusk now.

'Where could he have possibly gone? He doesn't even have any money with him, '

Carla contemplated for most of the next hour as she couldn't stop herself from feeling sorry for throwing Terrence out.

All of a sudden, the door was flung open from the outside. Sean put away his key and noticed that his sister was curled up on the couch in fetal position.

Carla didn't bother looking up because she knew it was just Sean, who had just gotten home from school.

"Sis, how could you ask Terence to pick me up from school? He had a fever this morning and still hasn't fully recovered from his earlier injuries yet. But I have to say, he is really an awesome guy. Jeremy invited me to play basketball with him after school and Terence came to look for me. It was so amazing when he did a slam dunk!"

With the look of admiration in his bright eyes so crystal clear, Sean sat down beside his sister on the couch.

As soon as Sean was done talking, Carla lifted her head up and saw the man who had just walked into the house carrying some onions.

"Terence, you're back."

Seeing as Terence just got there, Sean stood up immediately and welcomed him after taking the onions from his hand. Then he added with an excited voice, looking up to Terence,"Terence, could you please teach me how to pull off that slam dunk so I can be just as awesome as you are?"

After checking up on Carla first, who, at the moment, still looked so surprised at his sudden appearance, Terence patted Sean on the shoulder and replied,"Sure. as soon as I can get my strength back, we can practice it after you're done with school. The basketball court in the neighborhood would do just fine.

I'll take care of these onions for you. The soup is almost done. Let me just go check it."

Finishing his words, Terence walked into the kitchen with graceful strides just as usual.

Acting as if nothing had happened, he proceeded cooking in the kitchen. Carla, on the other hand, could not be just as composed as he was.

She sprung up from the couch and turned to Sean as she said,"Sean, go back to your room first and take care of your homework. I'll call you when the dinner is served."

"Alright."

Nodding his head, Sean grabbed his schoolbag and headed toward his bedroom.

Step by step, Carla walked into the kitchen and then leaned against the door with her eyes almost piercing through the back of the man. The man, who was busy with kitchen work at the time, seemed so tall and somewhat reliable.

"Why did you come back? And how did you find out which school Sean goes to?"

When he heard Carla's questions, Terence was still in the middle of washing the vegetables. He turned to take a look at the woman standing behind him, then gave a soft smile and answered,"The soup wasn't done yet. I can't just leave it like that for too long.

As for what school Sean goes to, I found out from the awards in his room when I was cleaning the house. It wasn't that hard."

In contrast to Terence's apparent calmness, Carla was actually struggling silently. She had thrown him out earlier, and yet there they were standing under that same roof again.

He was even preparing their dinner in the kitchen without any complaint.

"I told you I'd pay you back.

If I leave you now, I won't be able to forgive myself. So I chose to stay and help you and your brother in whichever way I can.

All I want is to pay you back, nothing else. If I upset you in any way, then I'm sorry about that."

With all sincerity in his voice, Terence explained while chopping up the vegetables.

She might've been a little too furious with him before he explained things to her, but now, she felt much better and was no longer in a mood where she wanted to throw him out again.