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."

definitely be back tomorrow. Stefan said he wanted

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

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

continued to stress that he

rushed back. Would I be this urgent

then. I know that she knows your classmate, but I didn't hear about them

of your constant nagging? Lucinda was scared by your nagging,

was complaining about

married, then his mother would start nagging him to get

decided to apply for a business trip to the farthest place possible. If

with the

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


worry was not

really badmouthing him in front of his

Is there something

blind dates for her. Partly because her daughter was of marriageable age, partly because she wanted her

daughter marry a

He seems 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

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

You're saying he has a problem, Ike, is it right for you to

badmouthing him, it's our classmates who say this behind his back. A normal man, faced with so many pursuers, how could

behavior, thinking he had a

in high school, but it didn't last. After college, he

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

him had dating experiences, except for


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