Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

"Derek didn't spill. If he's got something to say, he'll say it," Derek said, nodding towards Gilbert with a tilt of his chin. "Game on?" "Let's do it."

...

Sure enough, there was trouble at the Yates place, but it wasn't the Elliotts stirring the pot this time it was the Fergusons, specifically Adela Ferguson.

When Yates arrived, Adela grabbed his hands in distress. "Yates, you've got to help me out here."

"Don't worry, Auntie," Yates assured her with a nod. "I'll do what I can."

"And where's Edgar?" he inquired.

"Upstairs in his study."

Adela led Yates upstairs, fretting all the way. "I just don't understand his stubbornness about studying abroad!"

study, she

it's Mom, and

Edgar's

open to reveal a

on?" Adela frowned. "Your cousin is here and there's not even a place

"It's okay." Yates said.

things. Planning to take these books with me. They'd

to him, "I know the blind date with Yuna Martin went south but that's on the Martins, not you. You don't have to leave everything behind because

finish, smiling slightly. "You think that's why I'm going?"

Kwant to control my own life, not have every move monitored and managed by

was taken aback, not realizing her son's perspective. "What are you saying? I'm your mother. Everything I do is for your

in front of Yates? I'm only trying to do what's best for

"Is manipulating my love life and pushing someone you approve of

was livid, her