31 May, Lake View Cafe, City K

As they entered, three faces turned towards the door, and stunned silence filled the room.?Sophia gathered herself together first and realising the woman inside was a high school classmate squealed "Linda Eng, as I live and breathe, what in the world are you doing here?"

Bronwyn could see her mother trying to figure out who was talking to her, and eventually in a questioning tone uttered "Sophie Mopie??Is that you?"Find authorized novels in , faster updates, better experience, Please click #%!d(string=15095783406874805)/parents-meet-parents-(6)_%!d(string=51055720514249257) for visiting.

Sophia, hearing that old childhood nickname laughed and said, "I have not heard that for so long, and yes, it is me."

Ignoring her husband, who tried to restrain her, Linda quickly got up and moved around to hug someone she had not seen in decades.

After they hugged each other, almost simultaneously they said, "What are you doing here?" before laughing.

Meanwhile, Harry moved in, followed by Sally and Andrew, and stood there in shock seeing Xavier Eng, who was watching the two older women hugging each other with a smile on his face.?Hearing that nickname, he realised who Sophia Nang was.?At all the business dinners he had attended where Harry and Sophia Nang were present, he always thought there was something familiar about her, but he could never place her, nor could Thomas who had the same thoughts.?She was, as their father caller her that 'damn troublemaker', who helped Linda get into trouble but was also as easily led by Linda into trouble.?However, unlike he and Thomas, their father had a soft spot for Linda's Sophie, because she helped Linda enjoy high school compared to what she felt about it prior to them meeting.

After they pulled away from their hug, Linda said "Can you recall my brother Xavier..?"

Sophia smiled.?When she had accompanied Harry to various business dinners over the years, she had occasionally met Xavier and Thomas, but neither of them had ever seemed to remember her, so she said nothing.?Despite everything, there was way to big of a gap between Nang Enterprises and the Eng Group, and any mention of her childhood friend would have been considered as an attempt to secure something not deserved.

"I do, and I have met him accompanying my husband to business functions throughout the years.?Neither him or Thomas, the rat, and the mouse, realised who I was, and it has only hit him now."

"Rat! Mouse! What the hell do you mean?"

Sophia looked at Linda and the two of them burst out laughing again, before Linda could eventually say "Oh my god Xavier.?Do you not recall what you did??There was me, a day student at school, who had skipped a couple of years during my education, frightened and alone, who finally made a friend who treated me as a person rather than a freak because of my intelligence.?You and Thomas could never help yourselves and had to follow us around when Sophia visited.."

"And we got so sick of the two of you spying on us, running to your parents telling tales that one day we trapped you in that garden shed where there were rats and mice, locking you in."

Linda laughed, before adding "When dad asked where you were, I told him where you were any why we did it. He was proud of our tactics but decided that he should let you out of the shed, rather than letting the two of you stay there for another hour like we wanted. When he opened the shed, to let you out there the two of you were huddled in the shed corner, both pointing at the rats and mice. All you could say, in a high-pitched voice was rat time and time again. Thomas could only say mouse, mouse. It was so funny to watch, and I still remember the look on your faces. You both hated that we found something you did not like."

"That was so damn embarrassing.."

"But so funny, and you deserved it."

"Linda!"

"Do not Linda me, Xavier Eng, that you deserved, and even dad said you did."

"Ha!?You will pay for telling that story.."

"Not at the moment idiot, my husband will kill you if you try anything.."

Finally, happy that there was something he could threaten his brother-in-law about, George said "You better believe it Xavier.?You know what the doctors have said.."

Somewhat chastised, Xavier said "Just remember Linda, revenge is a dish best served cold.."

Moving over to Xavier, Linda kissed his cheek and said "You will not do that.?And remember what you said about coming here, you won the draw with the others??Are you changing your story now?"

"You bet I am, and looks like I will have to warn Thomas, let alone the others.."

Mockingly Linda said "Never!?You all love me."

"Not when you are teamed up with your Sophie Mopie.?That will terrorise the four of us, and .. Oh My god, we are going to have to put up with this forever."

George Li could not help himself but laugh.?Maybe there could be something to come from allowing Bronwyn's marriage to be approved.?The constant terrorising of his brothers-in-law.?That might be worth it.?Xavier, hearing the laughter from George stared at him, as if to say wait and see.

Sophia still trying to figure out why Linda and Xavier Eng were in the room, and who the other person was, asked again "Linda, what are you doing here?"

"It seems as we are meeting the parents."

Sophia stood quietly trying to process what was being said.?Harry somewhat quicker asked hesitantly "Meet the parents?" before looking between Bronwyn, Linda, and George.?He then even more hesitantly added "Parents??You are Bronwyn's mother?"

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