42
At the dinner table the following day, Scott and Shawn exchanged puzzled looks.
Today was their second day of stay and Tyler had not appeared yet. Scott gestured to his friend with his eyes as if saying: Ask your parents?
Shawn nodded and broke the awkward silence, "Where is my brother, mom? I didn't see him in the morning either. Is he so busy with work that he can't come to visit his family?"
"Don't you know," Nathaniel began with a wide grin as he eyed his wife. "That your brother moved out of this mansion?"
"Moved out? When and how? Why wasn't I informed of the same?"
Shawn's mom, Tia, served curry on his plate. The smell of homemade food by his mom and grandma made his senses tantalized. The aroma was delectable.
"The incessant discussions about marriage and kids from your
