Before she could finish introducing him, her father stood up so abruptly that his chair scraped loudly across
“No.”
The room instantly fell silent.
Emma blinked.
“What?”
“He needs to leave.”
Everyone stared at Daniel.
Even Emma’s mother was shocked.
Daniel had spent years teaching their daughter an important lesson: never judge people by the way they look.
He had always encouraged kindness and understanding.
Yet here he was, dismissing a young man he had never even spoken to.
Emma’s face turned red with frustration.
