Mom spoke the last line sharply and without a doubt I knew who she was talking about. Odd that his mother had asked me to do the exact opposite.
“Mom, you haven’t even met Elijah once to know if the rumors about him are true.” I couldn’t help but defend him.
Instead of backing out, she became all the more keen.
“Violet, that man doesn’t have a heart. If rumors are to be believed, he hasn’t met his own family in decades. Who does that?”
‘Someone who wants to stay out of trouble’ I thought but didn’t say it out loud.
“He must have his reasons.”
But mom grew all the more insistent.
“Promise me that you won't let him break your heart. Promise me!”
What a strange promise to ask when his own mother asked me to break his.
“Yes mom”
I replied quietly and I heard her sigh audibly.
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