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 knocked on the

and Yates' here

came Edgar's clear

urged, pushing the door open to reveal a cluttered room. Edgar's

going on?" Adela frowned. "Your cousin is here and there's not

"It's okay." Yates said.

expecting you. I'm just sorting through things. Planning to take these books with me. They'd

"I know the blind date with Yuna Martin went south but that's on the Martins, not you. You

finish, smiling slightly. "You think that's why

adult. It. Kwant to control my own life,

mother. Everything I do is for your best interest."

voice rose in agitation. "Bringing this up in front of Yates? I'm only trying to do what's

love life and pushing someone you approve of on me

was livid, her