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Georgina quickly held her mother's mouth before her father would hear her voice.

“I will explain later .”
She whispered into her ears.

“Honey, who is that at the door?” Her father stood up from the sitting room, folded the newspaper and went to the door.
He looked outside the door waiting to see a big white car parked outside the house only to find a cab reversing and drive out of the compound.

“Why did you take a cab home?” Michael, her father, questioned her. Was she that stingy not to bring her car?
He frowned at her.

“Oh come on old man! I just came back and now you throw ridiculous questions at me? Now you can not even welcome your only child who has been gone for almost seven or more years ”
She rolled her traveling bag inside and sat on the couch.
She gaped at the living room which never changed a bit. Still the old and boring house wallpaper.

“Honey! Can you see this girl? Hey! What happened to your arm? ” He held it immediately and left it when she cried out.
He took a look at his daughter's arm. The arm was so beaten that it did not look like it would be revived.

“What happened to your arm? Do not tell me that your arm got broken just in a few years? When I was still in the business, I broke people's bones and did not get mine broken! What kind of wrestler are you?”
He grudgingly said. Though he was very concerned for his daughter, he could not also calm his overbearing attitude.
Georgina switched her face to his last emotions and mimicked him.

“Since I have stepped into this house, you have not even said, hi? How are you? Why did you come back all of a sudden? And all, you have just been throwing shades at me!”

“Can you people just stop arguing all the time? You never spend quality time with your child and only bicker at her. You two are nuisance ”
Her mother, Marylene, put on an apron and helped to cut the onions.

“Mom, do you need some help?”
She stood up from the couch and turned to head to the kitchen and paused.

“With your right arm broken, you will be of no help to me. Talk with your dad and the food will be ready ”
Marylene continued with the cutting of vegetables, poured them into a pot and turned on the fire.
The doorbell rang and rang again. Georgina wondered if Cooper actually had the guts to come visit her after her warnings.
He would not be that dumb, right?
She pondered on the thought before being snapped out of it by the third ring of their bell.

“Honey, go check who is at the door ”

“No I do not want to! I am pissed off......Georgina, go check the door ”

“Lazy Bones!” Georgina snarled at him and went ahead to open the door. She gasped and closed the door immediately.

“Miles?”

“Hi?........ I just.......I mean........” He stammered at the intense and killing glare of this bold woman.
Miles feared no one, moreover, beside or in front of this woman, he could not help but cowardly in anxiety.

“What are you doing here? How did you get my address? Did Audie tell you?”
She used a little style to peep just in case her father eavesdropped on their conversation.
This boy coming to her house situation would definitely put him in trouble and not the other way.
Her mother's persistence cursing and praising and her father's perhaps regular punching would land him in the hospital.

“Georgina! Who are you talking to at that door? Who is that?” Michael, who obviously got irritated when her mouth moved but could not hear a single word, made him angry.
He also got up and went to the door along with Marylene, who turned off the cooker and dried her hands from the sauce.

“You have too leave, my parents are around and you do not.......want.....to ”
Georgina was interrupted by her mother's voice.

“Who do we have here? He looks like a gentleman. You.........have a boyfriend, right?” Marylene widened the door and let him in.
Georgina just stood in front of the door and slapped herself. What trouble did Miles come here to cause for her?

”Woah, you did not tell me that your mother is such a beauty and a gorgeous woman. I bet she had so many suitor when she was young ”
Miles commented as Marylene blushed. she twirled her hair and smiled. A glare was shot at him instantly by Georgina and her father.

“I am Miles......I am Georgina's colleague. ”
He introduced himself but sadly had to say colleague to prevent her from getting embarrassed.
He had thought that she would change considering they spent the whole night drunk together and had their first one night stand, however, she seemed not to recall the happenings of the night.

“Young man, what are you looking for at my daughter's house?” Michael got furious with this man's compliment on his wife.
How dare he just compliment his wife anyhow? Was he blind not to see that he himself who married her was a beauty?

“I..........”

“He was actually leaving. Miles, the exit is this way!”

“That is why you will never get married!” Her mother hit her hand off his shoulders and blinked at her.
She cleared her throat to ease the seemingly tense atmosphere.

“Miles, right? You are welcome. It is rare to see my daughter bring a MAN to the house so that is why we are all amazed. You must be the first man .”

“Audie and Cooper were the first. What are you even saying?”

“Georgina, my innocent daughter, has an apple!” Site shoved an already cut apple into her mouth and pushed her to sit down.
If their daughter kept this bossy kind of attitude, she might never get to see her son in law or even worse, her grandchildren.
Miles coughed awkwardly. Why was her mother trying to add some meanings to her words? Was she indirectly hinting to him that he was kind of special to her?

“Actually, she did not invite me. I am currently working on a project here and I came to check on it. Shockingly, Georgina also moved to her home town today, so I decided to maybe stay at her house until I travel back .”
He explained what really happened. Miles got a text from Ray saying that there were some dangerous nuclear bombs that were illegally transported into the city through the port.
And the only port wide enough to accommodate such warfare and arms in large quantities were the ports in her hometown.

“Oh so you want to lodge at my house in the meantime?”

“That is not what I mean, Mr. Michael. I just dropped by to see if she has returned .”
Miles could tell from his rude words that the father perhaps had an aversion towards him, but why?

“She has......now you can take your leave!”

Michael!” Marylene yelled his name. He was done with his petty games.
Why was he so jealous just because she got praised by a young man? Sometimes, she wondered if her husband was really an adult or a big sized baby.

“Have you had your lunch? I am cooking and would be glad to have you taste my dishes.”

“I have not. How can I let my host cook for me? Let me help you, I am pretty good at cooking. I ran a restaurant in Paris last year before coming back to California. ”
Miles rolled his sleeves and opened up his button.

“Would you mind helping me to get my things out of the car?” He tossed his keys to Georgina and she caught them with her left hands. She sneered and went ahead to his car.
She pulled down his little bag and dragged it all the way to the house.

“Georgina, we don't have enough rooms, so let him share rooms with you ”
Georgina yelled like crazy. She was just sold to a man right in front of her without her consent.
She could not even stop thinking about the night stand that they had and her mom even made it more complicated by making them share rooms again.

“MOM!”