I tried to mend things with Eirwen the best I could on our way back to my mom's house. I was hardly an expert at making girls happy, but the circumstance was forcing me to learn how in real-time.
Before I got out of the car, Eirwen pestered me over and over again to tell my mother about our little agreement. She even made me promise to call her right after.
According to the terms of our contract, I was going to get a marriage certificate with her soon enough.
Though there was very little substance in it, this nevertheless constituted a major event in my life. I would have talked it over with my mom even without her nagging.
My mother was more than reasonable regarding the matter. In fact, her line of thought was the same as mine.
Eirwen's grandfather had done the best he could in our
