Chapter 224: Adam

"I am not going to be dragged off and stuffed into some old folks' home to die!" his mom shouted, her normally pale face red from anger.

Kylie had been wrong. Oh so very wrong. His mother wasn't just telling him no, she'd told him what a terrible idea it was using phrases from other languages that he didn't even recognize. Or maybe his mom was just hurling made-up swear words at his head. He wasn't quite sure at this point.

He held up his hands in front of him defensively. "I'm sorry!" he blurted out. "Kylie thought that you might enjoy working down at the store, and - "

"So now you're listening to Kylie, huh?" his mom yelled, cutting him off. "Is she trying to get rid of her future mother-in-law so she can have you all to herself?"