"From what they said, she is so outstanding and beautiful that no lady in Baltimore can compare to her."
Shawn agreed with her on that. It was a non debatable fact that Kathleen was outstanding in every aspect, especially in frustrating him to the extent of making him lose all sense of rationality whenever he was with her and end up pining for her all day.
"Cut to the chase," he snapped at his mother. "Where are you headed with all of these?"
'If only you knew it was the same Kathleen whom you hate with the whole of your heart, I wonder if you would be this energetic and excited talking about her.
"Can't you read in between the lines?" his mother retorted. She seemed to have forgotten how scared she was of this son a few minutes back. Maybe it was as a result of the intrinsic nature of mothers to always feel that their sons should always obey them.