The Unwanted Wife's Return (Ex-Husband Wants Me Back) novel Chapter 299

AMELIA’S POV: 

Before I go any further I want to say something about the morning of the debate. 

Mum and Dad were very careful that morning. I noticed this because I notice most things and also because they were being more careful than usual, which created a slight variation in the normal texture of the morning. Dad made breakfast and did not talk very much. Mum asked me how I felt and then did not ask again, which was the right call because I had already answered once. They did not tell us to be confident or remind us how hard we had worked or any of the other things adults say before competitions that are well-intentioned and slightly unnecessary. 

What Dad did instead was pack us each a small bag with a water bottle and a snack for the intermission and a card. Mine said: rules are a promise. Make them keep it today. 

I looked at it for a moment. Then I put it in my pocket. 

Andrew’s card, I found out later, said: your best thinking is still ahead. Trust it. 

We walked into school together that morning and split off at the hall door, me to the negative team’s preparation area and Andrew to the affirmative’s, and I felt, in the moment of splitting off, the strangeness of preparing to face my brother across a formal divide. 

It was not a bad feeling though. 

ANDREW’S POV: 

The debate was held in the school hall with the chairs arranged in the traditional format, two teams facing each other across a central aisle, with the judges at the front and the audience of students and parents behind. 

I saw Mum and Dad in the fourth row when I came in. They were sitting together and Mum was looking at the stage with the expression she sometimes had when she was paying very close attention to something. Dad was looking at me and when he caught my eye he gave a small nod which meant everything was fine and I was ready and he already knew that. I nodded back at him. 

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