Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 88

"Hey Sean, I'm back."

Terence greeted Sean when he opened up the door. However, the first thing he did was looking across the room and searching for Carla. When he finally laid his eyes on the woman who sat quietly on the couch, he shifted his attention back to Terence.

"Terence! What took you so long? I missed you so much!"

Sean asked Terence. All day, Sean has been filled with never-ending jokes and judgments. But as soon as he heard Terence's voice, they all slipped away. He was so excited to see Terence and rushed to hug him. Tears ran down his cheeks as he held on tightly to Terence.

Sean might have gone through a lot but he was still like most kids. Their moods always changed, depending on the situation at that moment. And this was also why their feelings and reactions were always pure as gold.

Terence reached over to close the door and hugged Sean tightly. Terence stroked his back to calm his sobs away and spoke to Sean, "Sean, you're the only man in this house. Didn't I tell you? Real men don't cry over little things." He gave Sean a smile to comfort him.

Sean looked up at Terence and nodded. He wiped his tears away with the back of his hand while the other hand still held on to Terence. He calmed his sobs before he said, "Yes, Terence, I remember it. But, you also told me that a real man never goes back on his words! Didn't you tell me you were going to be my brother-in-law? And now, the whole world knows that you're going to marry another woman! Who can be better than my sister? There is only one Carla!

You won't go back on your words, right? Because real men don't and you always kept your promises. Don't break it with my sister this time. Please, Terence."

Sean stared into Terence's eyes with a glimmer of hope embedded in his.

Terence had never seen such a clean and pure vision in anyone else's eyes. It was like watching the snow melt and flow down from the top of the Alps.

He stroked Sean's hair and asked him, "Sean, do you believe in me?" He asked Sean, even though he knew the answer.

Sean finally let go of Terence as he peeked at Carla on the couch. She had her eyes on the ground and looked away from them. Sean looked back at Terence, who stared at him. His mind ran a mile a minute but he knew he had to make a choice. Finally, he let his heart decide.

"I believe you, Terence. The kids at school laughed at me and our family. They said there was no way that you would marry my sister because we are poor and there are better women out there. My sister is the best sister in the entire universe! And I want to prove to them that you love her more than anyone. I don't understand why the kids are so mean to us..."

By the time he was done talking about his experience with the kids at school, Sean's eyes were filled up with tears again.

Deep down in Sean's heart, Terence was the best man he had ever met in his entire young life.