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!"

she

and Yates'

came Edgar's

the door open to reveal a cluttered

cousin is here and there's not even a place

"It's okay." Yates said.

a smile. "Wasn't expecting you. I'm just sorting through things. Planning to take these books with me. They'd only gather dust

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

"You think that's why I'm going?"

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

realizing her son's perspective. "What are you saying? I'm your mother. Everything I do is for your best interest." "Yates," Edgar

front of Yates?

life and pushing someone you approve of on

Adela was livid, her