When everyone had finished lunch, Daniel stood and cleared the table. Rowena announced that coffee will be served at the living room. Steve excused himself for a while then quickly went to his room to get the plane tickets he had promised to give to his parents. When he came back, they were already in the living room.
“Ma, here are the tickets I promised you last time.” He handed the tickets to Remedios.
“Thank you, son. Your dad and I processed our visa last week. It will be released next week in time for our flight schedule.”
“That’s good to know, Ma. Where in the US do you plan to stay?”
“We’ve already contacted some old friends there. They were all excited to have us.” Remedios was beaming with excitement.
“I told your mom to just book a hotel, but she insisted on staying with fri
