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the receiver, asking what had happened to Mandy, all she heard was agitated Chinese, spilling out in a flurry of nonsense.
"Ma Ma!" Su Ling interrupted, rushing toward the fire door so she could hear more clearly. "Is Mandy okay? Is she there?"
"Here, yes!" came her mother's clipped tones. "Okay, no. She is spoiled. Spoiled rotten. You must come home!"
Su Ling heard only two out of every three words, but she caught the gist of it. "I'll be there right away."
She was just heading out when Mitch caught up to her. "Sue! What happened? Is Mandy all right?"
She nodded, unable to resist pressing her hand to his pale cheek. "I think so. Ma Ma kept her home. What about you?"
"I'm fine," he obviously lied. "Can you wait while I finish with the girls? Then we'll go together."
She nodded, unable to resist, especially when he flashed her a seductive grin. He might be sick, but he still could tempt her into doing just about anything.
They made it to her home in record time. Su Ling didn't even realize the problem until too late. Perhaps her lack of foresight showed how much Mitch had soaked into the fabric of her life. In two weeks he had somehow blended seamlessly into her days. Then she pushed open the door to see Ma Ma calmly serving another blind date green tea on her living room sofa.
She groaned, everything suddenly becoming clear. "Ma Ma." She sighed, already guessing that her mother had manufactured a tragedy to get Su Ling home to meet another dragon man. "Why didn't you take Mandy to the volleyball game?"
Ma Ma looked up, her face pinched into a sour expression. "She did not finish her homework. 'B's! And a 'C'. You haven't been checking her homework. Why is he here?"
Su Ling almost did it. She almost said, Mitch is here because I love him. She hadn't even fully realized her feelings until the words nearly slipped past her teeth. Thank God she'd long since mastered choking back hasty words. Ma Ma would flip if she knew, not to mention sending Mitch—a.k.a. Mr. Independence—screaming for the door. So she sidestepped the issue. "Ma Ma, you remember Mitch Kurtz. He's Mandy's teacher and coach."
"Of course." Ma Ma was all smiles. "Mandy will not play volleyball anymore, Mr. Kurtz. Her grades are too poor. Thank you for coming." Then she turned her back on him as she smiled at the plastically perfect man sitting on the couch. "Su Ling, this is Mr. Tseng, a technician at the hospital. He is studying to be a doctor."
Su Ling gritted her teeth, steeling herself against the rebellion surging within her. Right now she had to get through this as quickly as possible. She had to get her mother and this new dragon out of her home so she could take a few minutes to examine her feelings. Hopefully with Mitch. Unfortunately that meant politely playing Ma Ma's matchmaking game.
Stepping forward, she extended her hand. "Hello, Mr. Tseng, I'm afraid—"
"I'm not just Mandy's teacher," Mitch interrupted, his voice hoarse. "I'm also Sue's boyfriend."
Su Ling spun around, a thrill zinging down her spine. Though he'd progressed to boyfriend status in her own mind, she'd never expected Mitch to say it out loud. That he did had her grinning from ear to ear. Unfortunately Ma Ma wasn't nearly as excited.
"Of course you're not," she snapped. "You're a waiter."
Su Ling released a groan, recognizing one of her mother's favorite tactics. She knew good and well that Mitch was a teacher, but she pretended to forget when she wanted to insult him. That way she wasn't insulting him. She'd just forgotten. Except Mitch had every right to feel offended, especially when Ma Ma tried to slam the door in his face.
Mitch stopped the door with a single press of his hand. Moments ago his pale face had looked sallow; now Su Ling saw the dark flush of heat suffuse his skin. Then, before she could say anything, a tearful Mandy slammed out of the guest room, running not to her aunt, but to Mitch.
"Mr. Kurtz! I tried to go, but she wouldn't let me. Did we
"Ma Ma!" Su Ling interrupted, rushing toward the fire door so she could hear more clearly. "Is Mandy okay? Is she there?"
"Here, yes!" came her mother's clipped tones. "Okay, no. She is spoiled. Spoiled rotten. You must come home!"
Su Ling heard only two out of every three words, but she caught the gist of it. "I'll be there right away."
She was just heading out when Mitch caught up to her. "Sue! What happened? Is Mandy all right?"
She nodded, unable to resist pressing her hand to his pale cheek. "I think so. Ma Ma kept her home. What about you?"
"I'm fine," he obviously lied. "Can you wait while I finish with the girls? Then we'll go together."
She nodded, unable to resist, especially when he flashed her a seductive grin. He might be sick, but he still could tempt her into doing just about anything.
They made it to her home in record time. Su Ling didn't even realize the problem until too late. Perhaps her lack of foresight showed how much Mitch had soaked into the fabric of her life. In two weeks he had somehow blended seamlessly into her days. Then she pushed open the door to see Ma Ma calmly serving another blind date green tea on her living room sofa.
She groaned, everything suddenly becoming clear. "Ma Ma." She sighed, already guessing that her mother had manufactured a tragedy to get Su Ling home to meet another dragon man. "Why didn't you take Mandy to the volleyball game?"
Ma Ma looked up, her face pinched into a sour expression. "She did not finish her homework. 'B's! And a 'C'. You haven't been checking her homework. Why is he here?"
Su Ling almost did it. She almost said, Mitch is here because I love him. She hadn't even fully realized her feelings until the words nearly slipped past her teeth. Thank God she'd long since mastered choking back hasty words. Ma Ma would flip if she knew, not to mention sending Mitch—a.k.a. Mr. Independence—screaming for the door. So she sidestepped the issue. "Ma Ma, you remember Mitch Kurtz. He's Mandy's teacher and coach."
"Of course." Ma Ma was all smiles. "Mandy will not play volleyball anymore, Mr. Kurtz. Her grades are too poor. Thank you for coming." Then she turned her back on him as she smiled at the plastically perfect man sitting on the couch. "Su Ling, this is Mr. Tseng, a technician at the hospital. He is studying to be a doctor."
Su Ling gritted her teeth, steeling herself against the rebellion surging within her. Right now she had to get through this as quickly as possible. She had to get her mother and this new dragon out of her home so she could take a few minutes to examine her feelings. Hopefully with Mitch. Unfortunately that meant politely playing Ma Ma's matchmaking game.
Stepping forward, she extended her hand. "Hello, Mr. Tseng, I'm afraid—"
"I'm not just Mandy's teacher," Mitch interrupted, his voice hoarse. "I'm also Sue's boyfriend."
Su Ling spun around, a thrill zinging down her spine. Though he'd progressed to boyfriend status in her own mind, she'd never expected Mitch to say it out loud. That he did had her grinning from ear to ear. Unfortunately Ma Ma wasn't nearly as excited.
"Of course you're not," she snapped. "You're a waiter."
Su Ling released a groan, recognizing one of her mother's favorite tactics. She knew good and well that Mitch was a teacher, but she pretended to forget when she wanted to insult him. That way she wasn't insulting him. She'd just forgotten. Except Mitch had every right to feel offended, especially when Ma Ma tried to slam the door in his face.
Mitch stopped the door with a single press of his hand. Moments ago his pale face had looked sallow; now Su Ling saw the dark flush of heat suffuse his skin. Then, before she could say anything, a tearful Mandy slammed out of the guest room, running not to her aunt, but to Mitch.
"Mr. Kurtz! I tried to go, but she wouldn't let me. Did we
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