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.

petting an Ashera hybrid cat. The cat had leopard-like spots all over its body. Lying there peacefully, the pet looked just like a cat. But if it stood up, many children

cat and

a distance away from the cat and

little while. Not forever." Sheffield threw a glance at Gifford and added, "Besides, I don't

him at once. Its docile behavior did not match

asked, "Why did you suddenly change the

and said, "Like he said, it was better to

and Gifford had nothing

kept gulping liquor like it was going out of style. "Your 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 out of here. Don't die in front of

looked at Joshua, and asked doubtfully, "You

"Here is a guy who always cracks dirty jokes, dates different girls,

it farts dust! Will you quit it

looked at each other in astonishment. Gifford stopped playing with the cat. Finally, he concluded, "That's why you're in that

touched the screen. "Hey. I got a great idea. I know some girls who

"He's so drunk he couldn't even get it up. We better leave the

lifted his leg in plaster and put it on the coffee table. Then he crossed his other leg

fiddled with a string of Buddha beads. "You were always so full of piss and vinegar. This is

staring blankly at a bottle. When he heard Joshua's words, he hugged the bottle in his arms and looked at his two friends with

and looked at Sheffield as if he were thinking about

being a jerk." Gifford remembered that wherever the doctor went, there was always a woman on his arm, except that when he was at work

depressed,"

chum?" Gifford patted the cat and the cat stood up at once.

and pour his heart out to his friends. "She was a one night stand. She slept with me, then left me. I found her again and gave her my number. But it's been two months, and she

time in such an establishment. However, Evelyn, who had disappeared for

bed with some other dude?" Joshua replied