Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 12

Ike was totally floored.

He turned and went into the kitchen.

His mom was the boss of the house.

"Mom, I'm telling the truth."

Hot on his mom's heels, Ike said anxiously, "Why won't you guys believe me?"

Fiona pointed at her son and said, "These veggies aren't washed yet. Go wash them for me. Then chop them up for the salad."

Ike looked at the vegetables in the basket, quickly took them to the sink, filled a basin with water, and started washing them.

While washing, he continued, "Mom, I'm not making any of this up. Do you remember my classmate from Silverbrook University, Stefan? He and I have a mutual junior, Gabriel, who works in the registration office. It was Gabriel who told me. He said Stefan got married today. I wanted to confirm it, so I called Stefan. Guess who answered his phone? It was my sister Lucinda. She told me herself that she was the one who registered marriage with Stefan."

"This scared the crap out of me. I dropped everything, rushed back to tell you guys."

Fiona seemed to not hear him, continuing her chores.

Ike finished washing the veggies, chopped them up, put them in a dish, and handed it to his mother.

"Mom, are you listening?"

"I'm listening."

"Then why aren't you reacting?"


"Talk is cheap. Unless Lucinda brings your classmate home and shows me some evidences of their marriage, I won't believe she's married."

replied, "They'll definitely be back tomorrow. Stefan said he wanted to meet

words sounded reasonable. Fiona had just finished cooking a dish when she asked her

would I joke about something like this? It's about my

to stress that

rushed back. Would I be this urgent

then. I know that she knows your classmate, but

your constant nagging? Lucinda was scared by your nagging, so she

about

sister was married, then his mother would

apply for a business trip to the farthest place possible. If possible, I even wanted to

about to whack him with the spatula, Ike quickly backed

about my sister. When Lucinda comes back, tell her to leave


was not

in front of

there something wrong

because her daughter was of marriageable age, partly because she wanted her daughter to forget the pain caused by George, a man who only

would never let her daughter

he knew about Stefan, "In school, he never dated any girls, but he didn't have a good relationship with the guys either. There were countless girls chasing him, but he wasn't interested

greeted them with a smile. He was tall, good-looking, and seemed healthy.

and didn't want to date. You're saying he has a problem, Ike, is it right for you to badmouth your

his back. A normal man, faced with so many pursuers, how could he be

behavior, thinking he had a problem, not

it didn't last. After college, he

formal girlfriend now, it doesn't mean that he was

had dating experiences,


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