Although Sarah found it completely impossible to believe that these loud, unhinged people were actually Noah's biological family, that sudden realization still did not change her firm determination to protect her friend.
She took a step forward, her shoulders squaring as she glared fiercely at the trio standing before them.
"Aren't you supposed to be Noah's actual family?" Sarah demanded, her voice ringing with clear disgust.
"What on earth do you people honestly expect to gain from doing something as horrific and shameful as this in public?"
Noah, who knew far too well from years of painful experience that his family had always treated him like their worst enemy, reached up to gently catch Sarah's hand.
He shook his head at her slowly, nonverbally urging her to stop trying to reason with them.
