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.

at me and then at Darren and said, “Xaviera, he helped me

who said with a chuckle. “You know, I

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went into a

was the epitome of tact, asking my uncle for his opinion with every dish

held the cup and gave Darren a.simple, honest smile, starting off

someone of higher status, but Darren covered

really

heard that we were shopping 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

laugh at me if

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us headed to the

tender pink down jacket for my aunt among the array of women’s coats.

a young man in

was 49 this year, but to

a twinge in my nose. “Let’s go with this one.”

try it

was Darren