Marshall laughed. “It is obvious. How could I not know?”
He had known it since Katherine mentioned Clara when they got divorced.
Katherine hummed and said in a sweet voice, “I thought you knew nothing.”
Marshall held her tight. “I used to see things simple.”
Katherine opened her mouth but said nothing. She thought it would be endlessly bothering if she haggled over every ounce of the past and it was time to let go. And such things weren’t worth wasting time.
They stayed in the bamboo grove for a long time.
Kyle had called. He saw Marshall’s Facebook Moments and heard the news of their remarriage. He sounded unsurprised and just laughed to ask for a meal and a celebration.
Kyle seemed not to be sharp as usual. He used to be the first one to get the news and call to inquire no matter what happened and whoever it was.
But it had been a while before he called Marshall today.
Katherine stood on her toes and said on Marshall's phone, “Kyle, you are so late. Tell me, is it all about Miss Mitchell?”
Kyle laughed and was no longer hesitant like before.
“What? Are you kidding me? That lady has got into some trouble these days. I just went to help. And she begged me to. Or I wouldn’t even have talked to her.”
And then he said to himself, “Oh, man! I’m so generous. No one can be like me.”
He was such a boaster that Katherine couldn’t stand.
Marshall laughed as well and said, “I hear that Officer Mitchell has a nice operation going in her gym and many of her fellows go there.”
Speaking of this, Kyle sneered. “Those guys mean nothing to me.”
Marshall remembered Kyle was a holding-grudges type. Although those people hadn’t drastically offended Kyle as Rosie Mitchell had, he wouldn’t be nice to them because they had given him a hard time.
Marshall persuaded him, “Try to be nicer. What those people did were not meant to you. You don’t have to make it worse. You do business and should know that one more friend one more option.”
Kyle was too proud of himself and believed that he could handle everything on his own and find his ways to Rome without others’ help.
Thus he said, “I don’t need them. I can do whatever I want and I really don’t care about those poseurs.”
Marshall could do nothing about him. But he was in a good mood today and hence he didn’t sound miffed.
“Kyle, it’s not good for you. Never be so sure because anything could happen.”
Marshall used to a super confident man but he met his Waterloo again and again since he knew Katherine. Now he learned to compromise and drop his pride.
Kyle hadn’t met with setbacks so he couldn’t understand what Marshall said. But he was firm and confident.
He said, “I told you, I was born proud. No one can knock me down and make me give in.”
The more he talked, the further he strayed from the point.
Katherine couldn’t stand for it and said with a laughter, “All right, Kyle. We can find some time to have a meal together. But it’s quite windy here. We need to go.”
Kyle heard the sound of the wind on the phone. He responded, “OK. I just called to congratulate to you. I am happy for you guys. Bye!” Then he hung up the phone.
Katherine smacked her lips and said to Marshall, “I have a feeling Miss Mitchell could be Kyle’s Waterloo someday.”
Marshall smiled and put his phone down. He hugged her and said, “Don’t you notice he’s been talking about Miss Mitchell all the time? I’ve known him for long. Although we had few contacts for some whiles, I’ve never seen him be like this.”
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