blindsided me with the news of my upcoming wedding. Secondly, it was the weekend and if you knew her well enough you'd know that weekends were sacred to her. Her person

she want to see me? And why did she

the dimly lit restaurant. I hadn't been here before, so I couldn't tell if the lack of customers a

ut all this felt off. Really off. And I couldn't read her expression properly thanks to

do you seem

g a few times to try and steady my

ldn't I want to see you? You just had your wedding yesterday. I want to know h

ou and Dad for f

how insinuative my words sounded and my mum let out an amused chuckle. "I mean, I slep

air boy? How d

than a few sentences, I couldn't really say m

e she could press further, a shrill voice called out fr

to see a familiar face, her red lips stretched into a wide smile as she hurried towards our table. Before I could react, I was

she squealed as she finally released me and plopped onto her seat. "I ho

great. And his p

spaper. "Have you seen this? There's a section covering the wedding yesterday. It's

decide to marry off their children, gossip is inevitable. I stared at the wrinkled page and zoomed in on a bored gr

of the y

" Mrs. Sinclair huffed, glancing around. "

a yoga class after this, so I'll ju

bowl of pasta right now." She turned to me

gry at the moment. I can still feel br

t something before you le

newspaper Mrs. Sinclair had brought, probably reading the wedding segment. I noticed she'd gone quiet since our company arrived, whic

e'd rather be at her yoga class right now than stuck i

iving my mother -in -law a sheepish look. "I might just

protest until Mum cut in. "Speaking of dinner, your father

o fast I felt my

r with us, it'll start

pop by our place as well on Friday. We're hosting a small dinner party and it'll be lovely to introduce you as newlyweds to

here." I hadn't even realized both women were staring at me expectantly, possibly wai

Friday? This was going