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 stood up, many children would be scared away, because

waved to the cat and said, "Bailee, long time

feline named Bailee stood up and walked slowly towards Gifford. Joshua kept a distance away from the cat and

"Besides, I don't think the name 'Bailee' fit it. So I renamed it 'Eve."" "Eve? That's not cool. Why not..." Joshua's voice trailed off when he

cat, and the animal lay down beside him at once. Its docile behavior did not match with its

"Why did you suddenly change the

said, "Like he said, it was better to change the

and Gifford had nothing to

room, Joshua sat down and kicked the man who 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

asked doubtfully,

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

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

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

pocket and touched the screen. "Hey. I got a great idea. I know some girls who can teach

so drunk he couldn't even get it up. We better leave

empty glass aside, clumsily lifted his leg in plaster and put it on the coffee table. Then he

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

blankly at a bottle. When he heard Joshua's words, he hugged the bottle in his arms and looked at his two friends with a sad face. "My future father-in-law," he

I see." Joshua tried not to laugh and looked at Sheffield as if he were thinking about

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 he

depressed," said Sheffield

why so glum, chum?" Gifford patted the cat and the cat stood up at

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

in such an establishment. However, Evelyn, who had disappeared for two months, showed up

in bed with some other dude?" Joshua replied without