Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 73

Jason called again, but suddenly there was a different voice on the line.

“Yeah, I’m at Gate 3, would you mind helping me out, sir.”

“Xaviera?” came the surprised voice through the receiver, “It’s me, Darren.”

To my total shock, the person who was helping my flustered uncle find the entrance to the mall turned out to be Darren.

A short while later, when we met up, Jason, with a grateful look, told me, “He was the one who helped. The guy’s awesome.”

Darren listened to him finish his choppy sentences without caring about his stuttering and said with a gentle smile. “Sir, you’re pretty amazing yourself, but next time, remember to check the floor number, okay?”

I explained to Jason, “Darren and I are classmates.”

Jason’s face lit up with surprise and he happily said, “Really? That’s… that’s fate for you.”

Darren told me he was there to take his cousin shopping and had bumped into my lost uncle in the parking garage.

Jason had gotten stuck on the basement level.

and said, “Xaviera, he helped me out. Let’s–let’s treat him

proper, I immediately checked with Darren, who said with a chuckle. “You know, I am actually kind

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into a

was the epitome of tact, asking my uncle for his opinion with every dish he ordered, and even thoughtfully ordered a cup of

connoisseur, just held the cup and gave Darren a.simple, honest smile, starting off a bit stiff but gradually relaxing during Darren’s

meets someone of higher status, but

was really touched

for new clothes for my aunt, Darren was eager to join in, “Perfect, I’ve been meaning to get a coat for my dear mother as well, and Xaviera, you’ll have to lend me your eye for fashion in

don’t laugh at me if my taste’s old school, Professor

Chapter 73

of us headed to the women’s clothing

down jacket for my aunt among the array of women’s

Xaviera’s.” he explained, bashfully like a young man in love. “She’ll definitely

was 49 this year, but to Jason, she was forever young

a twinge in my nose.

to try

Darren who asked.