Julie gave Zack a slightly helpless, teasing tap on the waist for being such a "heartless principal"...
Zack didn't mind in the slightest. He opened his arms, wrapped Julie in them, and flaunted their affection in front of his principal. Then he looked at Julie and said, "I like you, no matter what. I'll always like you..."
Seeing Julie's blissful little smile, Alvin was genuinely happy for them. Zack had meant every word.
In both his lives, Alvin had met only one person who understood love so clearly at such a young age.
Maybe they really were that "perfect" for each other!
Alvin looked at Julie with feeling and smiled. "All right! You two look like a good match!
"I'll call Frank later and have him send someone to get your deadbeat parents off drugs. In two years, someone will need to take your hand and give you away to Zack...
"Trust me, Frank can do it. He's done it a few times already...
"I'll be your witness at the wedding!"
Julie calmly shook her head. "There's no need. They're dead!"
Alvin couldn't detect any particular emotion in Julie's voice. Frowning, he asked, puzzled, "When did that happen?"
Alvin had hated Julie's parents. They were the kind of hopeless drunks and addicts who had no future. Alcohol and drugs had destroyed their reason and their minds.
When Julie needed to get to school, Alvin had even broken her alcoholic father's leg with his own hands.
Later, Julie donated the compensation money Harvard had given her to the school and established a "scholarship fund." The couple had caused a fuss at the school for a while.
In the end, an impatient Nelson had arranged for Domingo to "gently" escort them home.
They hadn't dared bother Julie because Alvin had told them