Chapter Thirteen- 'I Love you, mum!'

"Hello mum!" I greeted, after picking up the call.

"Hi Ben! How've you been?" She replied, on the other end.

"Very well, mum. How about you?" I asked.

"I'm good, son." she answered.

There were some seconds of silence on the other end. I wondered what momentarily took her attention away. Perhaps she had forgotten what to say.

"Hope everything is fine, mum?" I questioned, breaking the silence.

"Yeah, Ben." She replied.

She paused again for some seconds and said,

"Ben, you spoke with your dad recently, huh?" She inquired.

"Yeah mum. I did speak with him today. Not quite long from now." I answered.

"Okay, son. And what did he say to you?"

"Mum, he refused to let me get married to Roseville, my fiancée," I heaved, gulping down the hitches on my throat.

"Why is that? What were his reasons?" She was too eager to find out.

"He mentioned that she was a pauper and hence isn't fit to be entangled with me!" I continued.

I felt so unhappy saying this, knowing fully well that it was true what was