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.

lulled her granddaughter, "My little baby, grandmother doesn't mean

her ears willfully, and shook her head, "I'm not listening; I'm not listening. I no longer like grandma." she chanted over Rose's

saw Nicole getting upset, he took her from the high chair and sat

some stepmother." He gently held Nicole

she didn't like grandma anymore,

will go without you." He would

her son, too angry to complete her

remained silent till now, put down the chopsticks slowly. He wiped his lips before adding to the conversation, "Harry, you are 30 years old

you, grandfather." Harry beamed.

approval, Rose could no longer object to Harry's resolve to marry

never go to A Country, because She didn't want

to respond to Rose, regardless

to take her back to

when they were about to go to bed, Kevin looked at his wife sitting at the dressing table

this, Rose became angry. She adjusted the facial mask as she replied, "What did I do wrong? You think rejecting Lola as our daughter-in-law

an elder, you should not have reacted in such a manner." Ah, he thought, she acted like this because he spoiled her when they were younger.

not behaved as an elder?" "If Harry was engaged to another woman, I would say

rather than argue, decided to let her go through this herself. "Time to sleep." he said to her.

at Kevin laying as though asleep, her anger still

Inside the mansion.

Nicole to bed, and after he went to the balcony to

found her number

I will call you back when I finish." Harry's eyes blurred

thought of the days she was

deep breath and closed his eyes in misery.

her hands and shifted the phone to her hand. "What's up, Boss Si? Miss me?" she bantered playfully. Her voice