True Love Waits

Chapter 635 I Shooed Her Away

Without raising his head, Wesley answered, "Three more minutes."

"You greedy pig," Keith said with a smile.

"I haven't had a decent snack since basic training," Garnet said with a cute smile, helping Wesley arrange the flowerpots.

Keith nodded. "Wesley will take you out to grab some snacks. You free tomorrow?"

"No. Mom and I will be visiting relatives," Garnet complained with a pout. She didn't want to go along, and just wanted to hang out with Wesley.

"Oh, I see. I just wanted you to meet someone. Since you're busy tomorrow, maybe next time." Blair's plane was due in tomorrow, and Keith thought that maybe she and Garnet could be good friends. Garnet was confused. "What? Who? Boy or girl?"

"A girl. Tell you more about her when you have time." Keith and Wesley looked at each other and then looked away. Wesley wondered what was on his grandpa's mind. Why did he want to introduce Blair to Garnet?

"All right." Garnet didn't devote much of her attention to it, and went back to what she was doing. She lined up all the flowerpots precisely, spacing them evenly. Wesley finished up his part there too. While Wesley was washing his hands, Garnet swept the soil off the walk and smoothed it down around the flower beds before saying goodbye to Keith. Keith looked at her retreating figure with an amiable smile.

Wesley led Garnet to his car and they both climbed in. He gave her a ride, driving downtown as the Li family's house faded into the distance.

"Wesley, any news on my transfer?" Garnet asked with a hopeful expression. She wanted to stay by his side.

After some deliberation, Wesley answered, "There is a chance. Just wait a while, okay?"

Garnet was elated when she heard a positive answer from him. "Great! Keep that in mind!"

They went to a snack bar, and Garnet bought the perfect winter dish-a bowl of oden. She savored the smell, taking a huge whiff of it and just holding it there, closing her eyes. The smells filled her nostrils; the light, soy-flavored dashi broth, the boiled eggs, radish, fish cakes, konnyaku and beef. She dipped her chopsticks in, pulled out a piece of fish cake and popped it in her mouth.

The oden reminded Wesley of Blair. She liked it too.

to fill it

taste?" he asked Garnet. She was shoveling

a long time. It's so nice eating oden in the wintertime. The only way things could be more

'Then I'll take Blair here tomorrow,'

to his lips. "Hey, why not try this cuttlefish ball? It's

hesitation.

good!" Garnet didn't mind what he

out his phone to check the time; it was 11:30 a.m. 'If Blair doesn't call me by this afternoon, I'll call

then back home. However, Garnet didn't want to let him go. Both of them were soldiers, and it was

her down. "I need to go visit Chief Wang this afternoon. How about this? I'll drop

You haven't been back for two years. And I don't know when I'll be free next time. It might take another two years for a chance like this. Maybe longer. So stay.

He shook his head vigorously and said, "Before you leave for

drive me home now. I don't want to go shopping alone." Garnet

home, Wesley went to deal with his own

few hours to get everything squared away. 5 o'clock came

a five-minute video chat in his chat log from earlier this morning. 'What was

flowers with Grandpa, and I left my phone in the

Couldn't be Niles. He was at a friend's wedding. So that leaves Grandpa, Garnet

had to be

that thought, Wesley planned to call Blair. But before he could do anything, his

coming tomorrow. Do you know

"What?" Wesley was puzzled.

grandpa just called and said Blair wasn't feeling well. She'll be here by the fifth." Wesley's leaving on the fifth. I really want to see him and Blair together, ' Keith thought. 'She knows that

he said that, he hung up

answer his call,

He wanted to figure out what exactly had happened. "Garnet, did you use my phone this morning?" Garnet's voice was calm as ever. "Yeah. A lot of girls texted you. One of them even sent a video chat request. I shooed her away for you." Wesley closed his eyes and rubbed