Chapter 75: Grant

Yannie Ace Ruiz

"Let your child go. She's of the right age now."

"I know she's of the right age. But not all of her decisions will be good for her. What if that guy ends up hurting her?"

"Don't judge that boy so quickly. He seems like a good person. You saw how respectfully he came to ask for our permission. He faced us properly."

"But don't we barely know him?"

"Well, how can we get to know him better if you won't allow him to court our daughter? And if every time he's here, you chase him away? He's asking for permission to court our daughter to prove himself to us, to show that he's worthy of our trust."

I bit my lower lip while watching my parents argue in front of me.

"Hon, didn't you see? Just by looking at that boy, he seems to come from a good and decent family," dad said to mom, which made my mom sigh.

"Is that it? So you don't like that boy because of that? Because he looks like he's from a good family?"

"I just don't want our daughter to get hurt."

"Hon, by doing th