“Yeah! it is uncle Lindley.” Little David opened the door and made a welcome gesture. “Hey Dave, how did you come home? Where is your mama?” Hosea Lindley entered the house, cuddled the little boy and shut the front door with a kick. “She is cooking in the kitchen; she insisted to come home; I couldn’t persuade her to stay in the hospital; you know, she is kind of stubborn.” David laid out his little hands, implying that there was nothing he could do.

“...Paxon Chevy…? What are you doing here?” Wobbling to the living home and carrying little Dave in his arms, Hosea saw Paxon Chevy sitting in his expensive sofa; his face immediately changed, from smiling to expressionless. A sense of hostility or malice suddenly emerged from both men’s eyes; but none of them could explain exactly what they felt and why.

“It was me. Today, mama and I couldn’t find a taxi and I saw Mr. Chevy; we met in the hospital earlier in the afternoon; so I asked him to drive us back home.” David replied naturally, but Hosea Lindley didn’t look happy at all.

“Is it a problem that I am here?” Paxon smirked, “Am I not welcome or you have some personal opinions for me?” “You…” Hosea frowned, trying to figure out what he was trying to say. “You are the fiance of my younger sister; it is inappropriate for you to visit a girl’s home at night, right?” Hosea Lindley tried to control his emotion and think clearly; he had no relationship with Icy, so from Icy’s standpoint, there was nothing much he could say; but from Shirley’s standpoint, he was her elder brother, and of course Paxon should listen to him.

“Fiance and fiancee? Ha, no one knows if it is real or not. Hosea, you should know better than anyone; For big families and business enterprises like ours, marriage means nothing but a dramatic performance.”

“You… how can you say that?” Hosea murmured. “Oh, Mr Lindley, you have come?” Icy Wilkinson had eavesdropped the whole conversation between the two men; her heart was pounded and thumped; it wouldn’t be good if Hosea Lindley perceived a wrong idea about her relationship with Paxon Chevy.

“I couldn’t find you in the hospital, so I came over to see if you are home.” Hosea felt worried about the boy and his mother, that’s why he visited their home to make sure they were safe. “I see, Mr Lindley, please stay for dinner; Mr. Chevy is here because Dave saw him by chance and he had time to drive us home. It’s a sheer coincidence.” Icy explained inaudibly, hoping none of them would have wrong ideas.

Hosea’s heart felt lightened and happy again after listening to Icy’s clarification, which indicated that she did care about him. “Actually, I don’t have anything special tonight, just dropped by to make sure you are home.” Hosea Lindley’s tone obviously became soften and he continued to ignore the presence of Paxon Chevy.

“It is okay. I must apologize to you because I really should have informed you when I left the hospital, 　I am sorry to let you worry about me.” Icy’s heart was warm and sweeten, it felt so good to have someone missing and caring for her; she had not have this kind of feeling for a long time.

“You two seemed to know each other well,” suddenly, Paxon Chevy who was forgotten for the last few minutes,bursted out, and his tone seemed awkward and unfriendly. Hosea and Icy were chatting happily, ignoring another person. A single man and a single mother really should pay more attention to their behaviors to avoid malicious gossip.

“You are right, we are good friends and we work together too. Why is it your concern?” Hosea Lindley turned to Paxon Chevy, smirked provocatively to him. "Is that true? Do you know that Icy Wilkinson really looked like one of my old friends?” Paxon Chevy raised from the wide leather sofa, walked to Icy and stood beside her.

“Icy, is he telling the truth?” Hosea didn’t believe anything Paxon said; although he was his younger sister boyfriend and fiance, he never liked him. “Nop, we were not friends,” Icy said firmly. Didn’t Shirley already successfully convince that she was his dream lady? Why did Pax talk stupid again? Why did he come look for trouble?

“I see?” Hosea half-jokingly stared at Paxon, “Obviously your memory is wrong.” “Is my memory really wrong?” Paxon Chevy grabbed Icy’s arm and pulled her toward him, “Few days ago, you and Shirley were arguing who was the woman five years ago; it seems Miss Wilkinson is the one who has horrble memory.”

Listening to Paxon Chevy, Icy’s face suddenly turned pale. How could this idiot divulge their secret in front of Lindley. Didn’t he already believe in Shirley and think she was a fraud? “What do you mean by five years ago? What is it about?” Hosea always knew that there was something between SHirley and Icy from five years ago, but he didn’t know exactly what happened.

“I guess you should ask Icy, she can tell you the details, am I right? Icie.” Paxon Chevy pretended to be an old friend with her but he was in fact gruntled when Icy looked ailing and when her face grew darker. There might be more in his intention.

“Are you saying you are my father?” The little boy, who had been confused and bewildered by the adults, seemed to able to catch the key point of the whole conversation. He tugged Paxon Chevy’s trousers and questioned him.

“What the…?” Paxon Chevy was shocked and stunned. He totally forgot that Icy Wilkinson came back with a little boy; he still couldn’t prove that Icy was the lady who slept with him five years ago; now the problem was more complicated because of David? Was he a Chevy?

“hum… I think you two are not honest here,” David looked at them disdainfully, “You two are very naive!” He thought Paxon and Hosea should get along peacefully and stop fighting against each other due to jealousy. They were worse than kids in kindergarten.

“Naive?” Paxon sneered. Totally bullshit! There was no such word naive in his dictionary. “You two are exactly like children in kindergarten, asking the teacher who is her favourite boy. We are all buddies and there is no need to fight for anything! Mama, I am hungry, can we eat now?”

Little David had been uttering without seeing the three adults standing awkwardly and speechlessly. He let go of Pax and tottered to his mother and pulled the edge of her long skirt. “Yes, the foods are ready,” Icy suddenly awaked ad pulled her little boy into the kitchen, trying to break the embarrassment, “Mama didn’t notice you are getting hungry, can you come help me take the dishes and utensils, and everyone please go wash your hand.”

David Wilkinson was a smart boy, smarter than kids of his age. But he was still too little to understand what he had said and the consequences. Icy thought to herself. Oh, my god, it was awful, unmanageable and appalling. She wished she could turn into an ostrich and buried her head in the sand.

“David, you must not talk stupid in front of them, Do you understand?” Icy squatted in front of Dave, looked into his eyes and whispered to him slowly and quietly. “Mama, why? I think I was right about them, they are really like kindergarten children.” “They are not our friends. Mr Lindley is my boss and Mr Chevy is his sister’s boyfriend. And you definitely don’t want to joke on them, otherwise, they will feel bad, unhappy and shy.”

Icy tried hard to explain to his little boy, but he was too young to understand or imagine the complicated relationship between adults. How could she describe the feeling of loving and being loved to him? There was no way he could comprehend.

“I don’t understand why they would feel shy. He is shy means he is sorry about something?” Dave widened his cute little eyes which were full of questions. “You can say that. So you must watch your mouth in the future. Do not say stupid things to offend people. Or we may get into troubles. Okay?” “Yes, mother!” Dave said loudly, but in his mind, he thought three of them were very strange.