Faux Vows, True Desires

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."

tomorrow. Stefan said he

finished cooking a dish when she asked her son, "Is

joke about something like this? It's

to stress that he

I be this

started a new relationship since then. I know that she knows your classmate, but I didn't hear about

Lucinda was scared by your nagging, so she just found a guy to

was complaining about

sister was married, then his mother would start nagging

To keep the peace, I decided to apply for a business trip to the farthest place possible.

him with the

sister. When Lucinda comes back,

worry was not

in

there something

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

her daughter marry a

gentle and polite on the surface, his smile makes people feel comfortable, but in reality, he's a hidden beast, he can trap people in a dilemma during casual chats." Ike told his mother what he knew about Stefan, "In school, he never dated any girls, but he didn't have a good relationship with the guys either. There

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

was focused on his studies and didn't want to date. You're saying he has a problem, Ike, is it right for

say this behind his back. A normal man, faced with so many pursuers, how could he

thinking he had a problem, not

in high school, but it didn't last. After college, he broke up with his

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

dating experiences, except