Max Turner and Mila Davis had always put Cherry Lewis's wishes first. Troy River and Chloe Smith were very satisfied with their future daughter‑in‑law, and because Camden River had been hurt because of her, they still felt guilty. All the way back they paid close attention to Cherry, fussing over her, asking after her, taking meticulous care of her, practically treating her as their own daughter.
Cherry was different from Windsor Myres, and even from Rosy Harris.
Windsor had never known how to get along with elders since she was little; all that respect‑your-teachers-and-elders stuff basically didn't exist for her. Rosy was very polite, and although she behaved perfectly in front of Chloe Smith, there was ultimately a deliberate, calculated element in it. When you came down to it, it couldn't naturally feel like one family.
But Cherry wasn't like that.
Her cowardice and low self‑esteem existed only in the realm of love.
Or rather—
