What Frances was thinking was obvious enough for him.

Given that he had nothing to talk with Clara, he decided to leave and head back home.

As he pulled away the car, Marshall could see from the rearview mirror that Frances was talking to her phone, stamping his feet and showing an exasperated expression on her face towards him.

Marshall took a sigh of relieve, and relaxed the muscles on his face.

Going back to his house, he saw that his grandma was sitting on the sofa and talking with Lydia.

A little surprised to see Lydia here, Marshall greeted her in a respectful tone.

Lydia laughed, "You're back, Marshall! It's quite late now, what has gotten in your way?"

Marshall answered, "Nothing, I have just spent some time meeting my mom."

Hearing that, Old Mrs. Grant sighed, "Is she doing fine recently?"

Marshall answered with a second of pause, "Maybe. She seems doing fine, actually."

Despite the awkward look on her face when she mentioned Clara, she seemed to be getting used to her new life now.

Marshall turned into the kitchen and asked the servant to cook him a bowl of noodles for dinner.

As those cooking utensils clattered in the kitchen, Marshall sat down and joined the talk with the two ladies.

Old Mrs. Grant asked Marshall whether he was going on a business trip for the next few days. Then, she mentioned that she saw Khalid had already packed his things in preparation for the trip, which made her wonder why, since it was the first time she had ever seen Khalid being so pro-active in preparing for a single business trip.

"It is," she said, "as if he couldn't wait to go."

both Marshall and Lydia laughed, but only Marshall knew Old Mrs. Grant was not exaggerating.

Indeed, Khalid was yearning to set off for the business trip as soon as he could, since he was just desperately in need of some space to run away from everything and clean up his mind.

been phoning and

a straightforward woman, and thus was candid about

father was currently not in the mood to reflect

repulse the return of his

was struggling in a mess, and thus longed for some space to cool himself

going to meet a big customer this time. I guess he just don't want to miss the boat, and thus gets himself fully ready in

second thought, he somehow

was important to take the initiative in a relationship, which

 Lydia shifted the topic back to her son Lucas. She said she had no idea

 not wider than Marshall, and he seldom went

with the girl, nor did she know when

a clue either. She asked Lydia whether she had introduced any girl to Lucas, and said possibly the girl

don't think so. Whenever I try to fix him up and send him on a blind date, he always displays reluctance before he sets off, and expresses disappointment after he comes back. If what you said was true, mom, he would have told me the name of the girl already. I suspect that the girl is from a, you know, disadvantaged

grown up, and is able to take care of themselves already. Children can just make their own choices, and we'd better stop sticking

that Old Mrs. Grant was making pointed

 Marshall was irritated and decided to marry

his failed marriage, there must still be grievance and reluctance in his

symbolic nod, "You're right,

Mrs. Grant's words didn't remind him much about her

his unexpected visit had really driven Katherine crazy, and meanwhile, he was also wondering whether his words had gotten

 Katherine, and to express his faithful willingness to be with her again. Even before Katherine came

in his head uncontrollably turned out to be warning and

a click of his lips, he didn't know whether he had done the things right

 Old Mrs. Grant were still discussing about the identity of Lucas's little girlfriend. As Old Mrs. Grant failed to draw any conclusion, Lydia then turned to Marshall, "What do you think about that, Marshall? You guys always hang out with each other, and meet in the company

other much

moment, he astonishingly recalled that they did have several times talked

seemed that Lucas was just trying to discomfort him by continuously displaying

objective perspective, he had to admit that Katherine was indeed the sort of

never heard of that. He's a man of few words, and won't talk with anyone about such things, not

reticent boy. Maybe I should try to ask him more about that, otherwise he would possibly keep that as a life-long

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