"Nicholas Ainsworth told me." He glanced back at her. "Will you be able to make it to class on time?"
Nora nodded. "Barely. My grades have never been the best, but they're good enough. I just want to graduate normally, find a stable job, and then life will be perfect."
"So you don't have any more specific plans for your future?"
Nora looked out the window. "I'm really enjoying my life as it is right now. As for romance, I'll let nature take its course."
The car stopped in front of a restaurant.
The two had just gotten out of the car when, by a stroke of bad luck, they ran into Mrs. Lynch.
"Leon, what are you doing bringing her here?"
Leon was casual about it. "We're here to eat. Mom, you should head back after you're done."
Mrs. Lynch glared at Nora. "You little menace, when are you going to let my son go? Have all the other men in the world died? Why must you keep clinging to our family—"
