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

it's Mom, and

Edgar's

pushing the door open to reveal

cousin is here and there's not even

"It's okay." Yates said.

Yates," Edgar apologized with a smile. "Wasn't expecting you. I'm just sorting through things. Planning to take these books with me. They'd only gather dust here..." "Edgar!" Adela was immediately on edge. "Why are

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

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

furrowing slightly. "I'm an adult. It. Kwant to control my own life, not have every

perspective. "What are you saying? I'm your mother. Everything I do is for your best interest."

front of Yates? I'm only

best?" Edgar scoffed, his tone icy. "Is manipulating my love life and pushing someone you approve of on me really for

Adela was livid, her