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Leedon nodded and reminded me, “The path is muddy. Ride carefully. You wouldn’t want to get all dirty again.”
“Noted.”
The path leading from the base was indeed muddy, as Leedon had forewarned. Luckily, the weather was good in the morning and dried out the road a little, so I did not fall. I only got some mud stains on me.
The lunch was at the hotel at the visitor centre. I returned the bicycle and cleaned off the mud stain on my shoes and pants before heading to the hotel.
Just then, Nora called. “My dear, what are your plans for tonight?”
“I had a long day. I want to get a good night’s sleep later,” I replied.
“Tsk. What a waste of time!”
“What do you have in mind then?” I questioned her instead.
“Aren’t you working on a project at Lavelian Village? We decided to pop over and spend Valentine’s Day with you. There is a big field just behind Lavelian Village. We can camp there tonight, watch the sunrise in the morning, then spend the whole of tomorrow there. We already bought stuff for a barbeque tomorrow.” She sounded pleased with her plan.
“We?” I was curious.
“Armond, Linda, Tabitha, Laurel, Tessa, and you. We know you are busy at work, that’s why we chose Lavelian Village for our outing. We can have a get-together without affecting your work schedule. Oh, by the way, Tabitha’s fiancé is joining us too. This going to be fun!” she chirped.
After a pause, she whispered, “Do you want to invite Ashton to join us?”
“It is not necessary,” I declined. “What time will you be here?”
“Soon. In about an hour. Shall we have lunch together?”
I would actually prefer to meet them for lunch. However, since Ashton had arranged for a lunch meeting with Mr. Oberick, I could not commit. “We shall see. You go ahead with your plans. I will join you once I am done on my side.”
“Okay!”
“Oh, I dirtied my clothes, so please bring an extra set of clothing for me,” I requested.
“No problem.”
After ending the call with Nora, I went into the hotel and was ushered to the private dining room Ashton reserved.
Almost everyone has arrived, and Channing was delighted to have such a lively group join him for lunch. He was chatting with Ashton and Rachel.
Their conversation soon turned to children. “Come to think of it, you were married for many years. Do you have kids?” Channing asked.
Rachel blushed, but Ashton was tongue-tied, and he turned to look at me.
I casually turned away to avoid his gaze. I could hear him diverting the subject. “Mr. Oberick, you should take some tomato basil soup later. It is appetizing.”
Channing may be old, but he is not senile and can see through Ashton’s little trick.
However, that was a subject close to the old man’s heart, so he refused to let go of it. “My boy, you are not young anymore. You have to start planning for your future. Both of you are over thirty and you had been married for so many years. It’s about time you consider having kids.”
Rachel tried to save Ashton from the grilling, so she smiled and chipped in, “Mr. Oberick, don’t be upset with Ashton. I was the one to blame. We definitely plan to have kids, just not now. We are in no hurry and can wait for a couple more years.”
“No hurry? How old are you now?” He then turned to others seated at the table and asked, “What do you think? Don’t you think it is about time?”
He locked in on Leedon and questioned him. “Leedon, tell me, when you were their age, how old was your child?”
“Mr. Oberick, you can’t compare me to them. I am not educated and left school early, so I got married early too. My focus was on our kids. Mr. and Mrs. Fuller are young and educated. I am sure they have their reasons for delaying having kids. Every generation has their different priorities, don’t you agree?” Leedon was a little awkward being dragged into this conversation.
Channing could not find fault with his reasoning. “Young people like you lack the wisdom we have. There is always an appropriate time for everything. At each stage of our life, we should do the things that are important at that stage. You will understand what I mean when you are older and wiser,” he sighed.
He seemed to be getting melancholic as he spoke, so Ashton told him, “Mr. Oberick, I have a daughter. She is five this year.”
The old man was confused. “You have a child? But your confessions are inconsistent with one another.”
Rachel was embarrassed and tried to explain, “Mr. Oberick, that child is not…”
“Let’s eat! It has been a tiring morning. Let’s get started so everyone can go back and get some rest after lunch.” Joseph was quick to propose. He obviously was trying to stop Rachel from yakking.
Rachel was slightly taken aback and displeased with Joseph’s interruption. Ashton jumped in to change the topic to prevent Channing from probing on.
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Joseph’s quick thinking saved the day. The lunch session went by smoothly without more awkward episodes. Everyone ate their fill and dispersed to continue with their respective chores.
Nora arrived as we were about to send Channing home.
“Grandpa!” We could hear her shouting as she ran in from a distance away.
Channing looked up and was elated to see his granddaughter. “What is my little girl doing here?”
here to meet my friends.” Nora held on to Channing’s arms and teased,
and smiled, “My old friend is no longer around. This is the grandson of the old Mr. Fuller. Let me introduce them
baffled. She looked at me and
just smiled and did not
scowled at Ashton and spoke sarcastically. “Hi Ashton, when
your manners and stop spouting nonsense.” Channing knocked her on
but did not pursue the matter as she wasn’t sure what transpired. She chatted with Mr. Oberick
Ashton and Rachel. “I did not know it is okay for a married boss to have an
grandpa is not aware of the situation, why did you not explain to
as I reminded her
“We just arrived and are about to
their meal. In the meantime, I headed back to finish off my work. We
little worried as it
up a tentage. Nora
Why did you
inside the tent and, in
I did not figure out who that was,
when we drove nearby. Indeed, it was Ashton. It looked like there was
“Don’t you have anything
saying?” I shook my head and declined to engage her further in her
he found a better half, I should give him my blessings. I have no right to be jealous nor
probably exasperated and gave up on me. She jumped off the car and went up
poised and composed as usual. “I had heard about this beautiful place. Took the opportunity to visit since we are around
meant
had not expected
fiancé were attracted by the beauty of the place. They
shining brightly and the field glowed warmly under the moonlight. Laurel and Tessa were also captivated
a beat when she saw Ashton there, but
Tessa and I kept our distance. We would merely greet each
quiet and reserved guy, quite the opposite of mischievous Nora. He unloaded the tents from the car and started working on
also started putting up their tent. No one knew if they
“Do you think Tessa still has an eye for Ashton?
ignored her, and continued fixing my tent. I could hear her mumbling, “What
around and teased her, “So, are you
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“Don’t phrase it that way. I was only going to spend the night chatting with
felt a little embarrassed and tried to explain further. “I actually wanted to keep you company tonight. Alas,
to sleeping alone, so you don’t have to bother about me,” I stated as
middle of the night, and I don’t come running back
dear
besotted young girl. “Young lady, get a hold on that dirty little mind of yours and stop drooling. Have
sly smile and whispered, “I can’t help it. That man is too seductive.
I was left speechless.
by with some snacks and invited, “We brought some
thanks. We brought snacks as well. We don’t
How childish can she
were up, he proposed, “Let’s have supper together. If we are lucky, we may get to
of the starry sky here,” Laurel concurred. “We can stargaze while we eat. We brought our grills, so let’s enjoy a barbeque under the stars! That would be
Nora was all
for the next day was brought forward and everyone started chipping in with the
bag of vegetables and potatoes. We started cutting and
is the difference
clueless. “I am not
all bitches in disguise, but a vixen is seductive, feisty, and
a
a moment, then declared, “A siren is alluring. Before you can suspect anything,
they are both flirts, right?” Her attempt
then pointed in Rachel’s direction. “Try analyzing based on my earlier definition. What do you think Rachel
to Ashton, and they were helping to start the fire. Nothing seemed to be
have to match her to one,
to Tessa and
from Ashton. Her sight was fixed on
realized she seemed to have been staying away from me the
would be hovering around me, directing sarcastic remarks at me. This evening, she was hanging around Ashton and Rachel. If Tessa’s looks could kill, Rachel
redirected her anger
explanation, a siren and a vixen are
and discerning. Look at Rachel. She has not left Ashton’s side since we arrived. No matter what Ashton does, she will be near him and pretending to help those around them. Next, watch her
walking over to Tabitha’s fiancé with a plate of fruit,” Nora proudly pointed
she brought them the fruit out of goodwill. Looks
dumb? There is nothing wrong with offering fruit. The problem lies with the timing! Why did she choose to bring the fruit to Tabitha’s fiancé at this exact moment? She
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dumbstruck. “Are there such
and having a sweet couple time moments
to look. “He is cleaning the fishes.” I
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