Chapter 172
“Okay? What is it? Well, look at you, acting all serious.” Emmeline looked at Benjamin.
Benjamin replied, “It’s about Janie. Please go easy and spare me.”
“Janie is a good kid. She’s pretty and outspoken. She’s honest with her feelings.”
“She’s not for me.”
“Um… I’ll think about it.” Emmeline gave a nod.
Benjamin pulled the ss door and walked out.
Sitting in his ride, Benjamin dialed Abel’s number.
“Mr. Ryker.”
“Mr. York, has Wonder Dogtor made an appearance?” Abel asked.
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“I’m sorry, but not yet,” Benjamin answered.
“But time is not on my side anymore.”
Benjamin furrowed his brows. What are you trying to say, Abel?
You had flowers delivered to Emmeline, and now you can’t wait for na to get better so you can
marry her.
Abel, am I wrong about you?
“My hands are tied, Mr. Ryker. I can’t help you.”
Abel’s heart dropped. There was
nothing more he could say.
Benjamin hung up the call, feeling bad for Emmeline.
Ms. Louise, can’t you see the person Abel is?
He’s a yer. He’s trying to have his cake and eat it too.
Abel was thest one to clock out of the office.
He returned to Ryker Mansion.
“Abel?”
Surprised by her son’s sudden return, Rosaline was over the moon.
“I’ll get the chef to make your favorite dinner.”
“Sure.” Abel nodded his head and pulled Rosaline to sit.
“Mom, I need a moment with you.”
“What’s on your mind? Don’t be a stranger to your mom.” Rosaline patted her son’s hand.
Abel replied, “Grandad wants a date for my engagement to na.”
Rosaline fell silent and frowned. “Abel, have you made up your mind on the matter?”
“Why do you ask, Mom? Didn’t you want me to settle down with na?” Abel said.
Rosaline nodded. “Honestly, I did, but I’m having second thoughts
now.”
“Why?” Abel was taken aback by his mother’s change of attitude.
She had been urging him to tie the knot with na since forever, hoping to hold a grandchild in her
arms one day.
Why the sudden change of mind?
“I can’t put it into words, but there is something amiss about na. Timmy isn’t close to her anyway.
Name me a mother who doesn’t feel for her child. Somehow, na falls in that category,” Rosaline
answered.
Oddly enough, Abel got the same feeling.
He even believed that Emmeline behaved more like a mother to Timothy than na did.
It was a pity that Emmeline was not, though.
“But there’s no mistaking that she’s Timothy’s mother. I had a DNA test done on them in secret,”
Rosaline remarked.
“The only woman I ever touched was na. Mom, don’t get any other ideas.”
“The truth is hard to swallow.”
“So Mom, I need your help in this.” Abel held his mother’s hand.
“Let me have it, son. How can I help you?”
“I need you to stall Grandad. Don’t let him pressure me into getting engaged to na. I’ll have time to
turn things around.”
“Alright. I’ll figure something out. Consider it done,” Rosaline answered.
“Thanks, Mom.”
“Don’t mention it. Get upstairs for a rest. You cane down for dinner with Timmy once the food is
ready,” Rosaline lovingly uttered.
“Okay.” Abel gave a nod. His mother gave him strength.
He believed that by postponing the engagement, he would eventually find some sort of solution.
Besides, Abel was not exactly breaking his promise to Grandad.
Meanwhile, it had been two days since na saw Abel.
na was bored in the hospital.
She wanted to know if Abel was with Emmeline.
na wondered if Abel had gone back on his promise to marry her.
Restlessness stirred within na the more she thought about it. Ovee by her emotions, na
gave Abel a call.
“Abel, I’m bored in the hospital. Are you so busy that you can’t even visit?”
“I’lle over when I’m done with the tasks at hand,” Abel replied.
na could not believe her ears. Was Abeling to see her on his own ord?
Were pigs flying?