Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 87

Meanwhile, in BH city, a storm was brewing although it was a beautiful day and the sun was shining brightly.

Something unexpectedly was coming Carla and Sean's way and none of them were ready for it.

After Sean got back from school, he walked into the entrance and threw his bag on the floor. Carla could see he wasn't himself. He seemed very sad and looked like he wanted to cry.

She walked out of the kitchen and wiped her wet hands on her jeans as she took a look at her brother and asked, "Sean? What happened at school today? Who stole your sunshine?"

Sean looked up at Carla with tears in his eyes, "Jeremy was so mean to me today. He laughed at me and told me that I was lying about what I said at the parents' meeting." Sean looked tired and leaned on the couch for support.

Carla frowned, "What lie? Why would he say such a thing? What...what's going on?" Since Carla completely forgot the speech Sean had made that day, she couldn't seem to understand why Jeremy would be so mean to her brother.

Sean remained silent for a short while and was trying to think about how to tell her.

He slowly mumbled, "Do you still remember when we had the parents' meeting? I told the whole class that you and Terrence were going to get married and that I was going to be his brother-in-law. I don't know how they found out that Terence was going to married someone else. As soon as I walked into the classroom this morning, everyone started laughing at me.

They said that I was delusional and Terence would never choose us because all we want is his money, not him."

Jeremy's parents were both working at big firms. They were always the first to hear about the juicy gossip that made its way through the city. That explained how Jeremy got to hear about Terrence's engagement.

News spread fast in BH City. Carla realized that everyone had probably heard about it by now.

Carla couldn't help but notice how sad it made Sean.

It made her sad to see that her little brother had to pay the price for her mistakes. Her heart started to break when she realized that she was the reason everyone laughed at him. It was all her fault.

She wished that she could care less about strangers because she could have just left Terence where she found him and carried on with her life. If she could just let the sleeping dog lie, it would have saved her so much troubles and heartbreaks.

Carla put her hand on Sean's shoulder, trying to comfort him. She said tenderly, "Sean, sweetheart. Don't worry too much about it, will you? Trust me, they will get tired of it eventually when another news comes. If they have to talk about it, let them talk. Sean, don't let their attitudes get to your head. You are the man of this house now and I need you to be strong."

She didn't know what else she could say to cheer this little man up so she decided to replace her sadness with a super bright smile and be strong for him, leading him out of the darkness.