“Fancy fruit?”

Everett was clueless about what the joke meant.

Jeffrey snorted with derision. “Your wife’s bestie had regarded me as a fancy fruit for a fun try! You’ve been too busy mooning over your wife to care about me!”

Everett was speechless.

The news didn’t escape Kenneth’s radar. They had just arrived the city before sitting down for a meal when Kenneth’s call came through.

Instead of confronting Karen directly, he phoned Dorothy.

When she saw the caller ID, she stood up and made a beeline for the exit, cautious not to take the call in front of Everett, just in case it was something serious from Byte 7.

Once outside the restaurant, she answered.

“Kenneth.”

she’s got herself a boyfriend, and they’ve already had the meet-the-parents

the news of the

And they were in the middle

like a playboy, not the reliable type. Karen’s parents

for words on how to

what if he ends up hurting Karen?

when Karen was seeing Jeffrey would be like pushing Kenneth

thought, she finally said, “He’s been good

hint of happiness or a word shared. Isn’t that strange?” Kenneth paused before adding, “Dorothy, tell me the truth. Who is Karen’s new beau? It’s

Karen wouldn’t have kept it a secret from

that.” But Kenneth and Jeffrey had never really

“What’s his name?”

cornered into revealing

few seconds of silence before Kenneth’s tone grew noticeably

who once

fell on Dorothy’s

Karen do something like this! I’m going

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