Cosset You Forever

"What's is it?" The three elders looked up at him.

Harry put down the chopsticks before he replied, "You have seen the video in which I proposed to Lola, Nicole's mother." he paused before suggesting, "So, I thought maybe you could go to A Country with me over the next few days, for dinner to meet Lola's parents." Honestly, he thought, he should just be calling it an engagement party.

Bang! the sound startled him, and he looked over at Rose. Rose slammed her chopsticks onto the table, her face dark with anger. She hadn't planned on discussing the video today; however, since her son brought it up himself, she would voice her thoughts.

"How dare you!" she began, "Did you even bother consulting the elders about this proposal? Is that woman worthy of such a magnificent and luxurious wedding?"

Harry's heart sank at his mother's criticism.

Kevin put his hand on Rose's and reminded her, "Don't be so tough on Harry. Let him do what he wants."

Harry's grandfather did not say anything.

"You may accept this but I can't. I would accept anyone except Lola as my daughter-in-law." Rose raised her voice as her frustration grew.

She thought Lola was a calculating woman and had something to do with what happened when Yolanda did not marry Harry. Rose would not abide that woman as her daughter-in-law.

Nicole looked at the elders with curiosity at the mention of her mother.

Kevin noticed and looked at his wife. "Rose, did you see how grown Nicole is now? You would not want her to leave her mother or live with a stepmother." he calmly stated.

He thought Lola was a fine choice and was happy for his son.

Rose glanced at Nicole affectionately responding to her husband, "What's wrong with a stepmother. If we can find a good daughter-in law, who treated her even better than her biological mother."

"I do not want a stepmother." Nicole added. She finally figured out what the adults were discussing. She slammed her spoon down. Her mouth turned down as she pouted.

Harry's mood immediately turned and he smiled. She was so like Lola.

baby, grandmother

shook her head, "I'm not listening; I'm not listening. I

upset, he took her from the high chair and sat her on his lap, pulling her close.

mommy with some stepmother." He gently held

grandma anymore, because grandma didn't want her

to go, we will go without you." He would live with Lola and Nicole in

son, too angry to complete her thought.

the chopsticks slowly. He wiped his lips before adding to the conversation, "Harry, you are 30 years old now, and mature enough to make

you, grandfather." Harry

voiced his approval, Rose could no longer object to

because She didn't want to see Angie and her

resolved, Nicole refused to respond to Rose, regardless of how hard

take her back to

looked at his wife sitting at the dressing table and sighed, "You were

"What did I do wrong? You

such a manner." Ah, he thought, she acted like this because he spoiled her when

have I not behaved as an elder?" "If Harry was engaged to another woman, I would say yes immediately. This

she was upset like this, so he thought better, and rather than argue, decided to let her go through this herself. "Time

though asleep, her anger still keeping

Inside the mansion.

went to the balcony to make a

found her number and

back

thought of the days she was around.

breath and closed

hand. "What's up, Boss Si? Miss me?" she bantered