"Hey, Rocky!"
"Siiiiisssssssss!!!! How could you do this to ? What was the rush? You could not even invite your one and only lovely gentlemanly brother to your wedding? Whhhyyyyyy?????"
"Hahahahaahaaaa, stop being dramatic!" Shelby felt a genuine smile stretch across her face as she heard the familiar voice of her brother, Rockwell. Rockwell preferred to go by the na Rocky as, in his own words, it indicated his ’masculinity’. She had just re-entered the room allocated to her after successfully leaving the evening’s ’festivities!’
"I hate you now!"
Even as Rocky said these words, Shelby could hear him smiling on the other side of the phone. She was happy to hear from him, and judging from the nurous missed calls from Rocky, Shelby could say the sa for him.
"Did my dad do anything to you? Does he have a hand in this? I don’t get it. I was to co ho next week. If you could not wait till then, then Dad must have had a hand in it."
Shelby tightly shut her eyes, and the smile dropped off her face. In all her life, she could confidently say that whatever Jas had done or tried to do, it never escaped his son, Rocky, but she never capitalized on it to destroy the father-son bond between them.
"Why would you say that, Rocky? ’Our dad’ did nothing. I fell in love with-"
"Spare that, Sissyy, I know you better than you think you know yourself. For one, I know that you will never sign up to be a catalogue bride. As for the reason, you know better than I do. So, are you going to tell what is going on?"
"Really, Rocky, nothing is up-"
"Shelby Monroe! Do you take as a kid? I am nineteen now! A full-blown adult. So, treat as such."
Shelby sighed silently as she realized that Rocky would never let go. Her eyes moistened with tears as she silently thought, ’At least, I have one more person on my side!’
"So, what did he threaten you with this ti? Mum or my education?"
"Rockwell Wendover-"
"I knew it! Your reaction just gave you away. Why do you always fall for that, Shelby? I just completed my school registration and was waiting to surprise you with it. I guess I should have told you earlier.... Damn!"
Shelby’s eyes glazed over with the thought of Jas’ words earlier that day:
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