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Mrs. Nardin could barely sit still, wondering why her son called her like that. She hoped it was good news. She really wanted her son to get married to a nice girl like Shiva, something her daughter was the opposite of. At the sound of his car arriving, she raced down to the living room to meet up with him. "Henry, honey!" She exclaimed, giving him air kisses on both cheeks. "How was yesterday's date? She was wonderful, right? I told you you would not regret going out with that girl." "At what expense, mother? At the expense of my happiness, of my peace of mind." Henry growled at his mother. "Ah, I think you've lost me and stop growling at me, young man! I'm still your mother!" His mother declared. Why does Mother always escalate matters? Good then, I will be treating her to her own book. "No, I will do what I want until I get all this out of my mind! I pleaded with you yesterday that I was busy; don't let me go out with her!" He looked drained, but his mother still l