True Love Waits

Carlos was relieved when he saw his daughter had recovered. He stroked her hair and asked, "Hi Eve, everything go well in America?"

The Huo family had moved from New York to Y City more than ten years ago. There were no relatives in New York anymore.

"Yeah. Hey, Dad, can I ask you something?" When Evelyn looked him in the eye, the expression in his eyes changed. Carlos sat down on the couch and smiled, "Go ahead." "His leg..."

"I had someone do it," he said calmly.

"Why?" Evelyn was upset.

The smile on Carlos' face vanished. He looked at his daughter, who had lost control of her emotions.

Realizing how agitated she was, Evelyn took a deep breath to collect herself. "You promised you wouldn't do anything to him."

"I only promised you I wouldn't kill him!" 'The bastard wanted to get away without paying the price for what he had done to my daughter? He must be high!' Carlos sulked, fury in his eyes.

Evelyn was rendered speechless. Finally, she said, "Okay. Dad, you can go to bed early, if you want. I need to unpack." Her father already figured out who the guy was. She knew that if she continued to argue with her father, the proud man would have Sheffield killed.

Carlos nodded. "He's just a doctor. He isn't right for you. Nor is Calvert. But you must be jet lagged. Get some rest. I fixed you up with a blind date. You can see him when you get some time."

Sheffield's position as a doctor wasn't why Carlos didn't want his daughter dating him. He was a known womanizer, and he was pretty tight with the dean's daughter.

"Okay, Dad. I'll go on the blind date," Evelyn replied flatly.

In Sheffield's apartment

By the time Joshua and Gifford arrived, Sheffield was drinking alone.

just like a cat. But if it

waved to the cat and said, "Bailee, long

kept a distance away from the cat and looked at Sheffield in disgust. "Why

store for a little while. Not forever." Sheffield threw a glance at Gifford and added, "Besides, I don't think the name 'Bailee' fit it. So I renamed it 'Eve."" "Eve? That's

touched the cat, and the animal lay down beside him at

you suddenly change the

said, "Like he said, it was

had nothing to

leg's still in a cast, but you insist on drinking like this. Pain meds and liquor don't mix. If you want to die, get

asked doubtfully, "You know what happened

knows!" Joshua repeated his old joke. "Here is a guy who always cracks dirty jokes, dates different girls, but is still a

you quit it already? Listen up. I got de-virginized. Twice, by my count. So you can just shut

with the cat. Finally, he concluded, "That's why you're in that cast. You were so bad at

idea. I know some girls who can teach you a lot about yourself. They can probably show you

"He's so drunk he couldn't even get it

leg in plaster and put it on the coffee

"You were always so full of piss and vinegar. This is pathetic. So if

the bottle in his arms

to laugh and looked at Sheffield as if he were

on the other hand, burst into peals of cruel laughter. "Every father becomes a valiant warrior to protect their daughters. That's fucked up! Must be payback for being a jerk." Gifford remembered that wherever the doctor went, there was always a woman on his arm, except that when

depressed," said Sheffield with

cat stood up at once. He then walked to the fridge to get a

me, then left me. I found her again and gave her my number. But it's been two months, and she hasn't called yet.

to a lingerie shop. It was his first time in such an establishment. However, Evelyn, who had disappeared for two

hotel, in bed with some other dude?" Joshua replied without