Echoes of Unrequited Love

Chapter 200
The Yearwood family hung out at the diner for almost another half hour.
They did ask me a bit about work during that time, and when they heard I was
working on my own project, the old folks warmed up a bit.
When it seemed like we had chatted enough, Aaron indicated he had other things
to do, so Darren and I walked the aunt and uncle to the parking lot.
I thought the show was finally over, but out of the blue, Nancy caught me off
guard by saying, *The old man’s invited a troupe from Willowdale to perform at
home. Ms. March, why don’t you join us?"
I was so thrown for a loop that I was at a loss for words.
Playing a part at the diner is one thing, but setting foot in the Yearwood family’s
house? That's way out of my league.
Darren picked up on my SOS signal and made an excuse, “Xaviera's family is
still in the hospital, so she’s got to take care of the patient first.”
“Which hospital?” Nancy asked with curiosity, looking at me. “I often take lunch
with the wives of the bigwigs from the top-tler hospitals; maybe I could pull some
strings for you.”
“Thanks, Mrs. Yearwood.” I declined promptly, “everything's been taken care of.”
“Well, if it's all sorted, then come over this weekend with Darren to listen to the
performance,” Nancy insisted patiently, “Darren really stuck his neck out for you
with the old man today.”
I looked at Darren, feeling confused, but then I heard him say, “Alright, Aaron,
Nancy, the driver's here. Take care on the road.”
Once the elders were off in their car, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.
“Didn't expect our cutthroat CEO will get cold feet,” Darren teased.
I asked cautiously. “I didn't give us away just now, did 1?”
“Not at all, you nailed it,” Darren said with a gentle look, while giving me a
thumbs-up, “Cool as
a cucumber in a tight spot, truly a living legend from the computer science
department.”
Since I was used to Darren being serious and even a bit stiff, getting showered
with his compliments out of the blue kind of caught me off guard and cracked me
up.
While we were talking. I thought of Jason who was still in the hospital; just as I
went to make a call, I realized that I had left my phone back at the diner.
I had to go back and fetch it.
Passing through the corridor, I spotted Cecilia standing not far off: she looked
pale and seemingly down in the dumps.
Knowing we weren't exacto chummy, I was about to walk away when Cecilla
called out to me.
I glanced at her skeptically and heard her say cheerity, “Xaviera's got some
serious game, huh? With just a bit of TLC. Mr. Temple's head over heels, and
now even Professor Yearwood is under your spell”
She was smiling as she spoke; if you were to go by her expression alone, you
would never guess that such snarky remarks were coming from a sweet-looking
girl.
As I looked around, the penny dropped for me.
Cecilia's spot gave her a clear view of Darren.
If I wasn’t mistaken, the girl must have caught the lively scene of me chatting with
the Yearwoods.
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Not wanting to get into it with her, I calmly said, “If there's nothing else, I'll be on
my way.”
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