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."
be back tomorrow. Stefan said he
had just finished cooking a dish when she asked her son,
I joke about something like this? It's about
that he was telling the
rushed back. Would I
George, and she hasn't started a new relationship since then. I
Lucinda was scared by your nagging, so she just found a
about
then his mother would
business trip to the farthest place
about to whack him with the spatula, Ike quickly
sister. When Lucinda comes back, tell her to leave
was
him in front of his
Is there something wrong
was always pushing her daughter to get married and arranging blind dates for her. Partly because her daughter was of marriageable age, partly because she wanted her
let her daughter marry a
people in a dilemma during casual chats." Ike told his mother what he knew about Stefan,
Each time they met, he greeted them with a smile. He was
want to date. You're saying he has a problem, Ike, is
with so many
everyone discussed Stefan's behavior, thinking he had a problem, not that he
it didn't last. After college,
now, it doesn't mean
him had dating experiences, except
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