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

Mom, and

Edgar's clear

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

"Your cousin is here and there's not

"It's okay." Yates said.

take these books with me. They'd only gather dust here..." "Edgar!" Adela was immediately on edge. "Why are you so

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

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

furrowing slightly. "I'm an adult. It. Kwant to control my own life,

Everything I do is for your best interest." "Yates," Edgar turned to Yates, "See why I

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

icy. "Is manipulating my love life and pushing someone you

was livid, her