Destined Since Birth (Caleb & Cassie)

Chapter 2: THE PROMISE

After a few more hours, you went back to your room. You've been staying with Cindy until the wedding. This will be the first time that you would actually be alone together and it makes you nervous. The night of the "engagement", you heard Caleb and his dad talking. You never want to eavesdrop but you were so curious to know what made him so mad.

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FLASHBACK

"Pa, I think I am old enough to make decisions myself so you shouldn't do it for me!" he turned his back but his dad stopped him.

"You can't just walk away from this. It's a promise your mothers made for each other and we have agreed to it. This was their last wish." he tried to be as calm as always. Caleb is the opposite of his dad in a lot of ways but I know they get along very well.

"Just because of that stupid promise, I need to just marry her? We don't even know each other that well," he runs his hand to his hair, a sign that he's really pissed. Tito Dean seemed to be taken aback by his response.

"I will not let you disrespect your mothers like that, Caleb Andrew Silverio!" Caleb seemed to feel nervous when Tito Dean raised his voice like that. He inhaled deeply before speaking again.

"I'm sorry, Pa. It's just that--I still want to do a lot of things on my own and getting married this time isn't one of them, at least not in the next 3-5 years."

Tito Dean seemed to calm down as well.

"Please, Hijo. Do this for us, for your mothers. It's the last thing I'll ask of you,"

Caleb seemed to have surrendered as he quietly nodded before saying, "I'll do this your way but don't expect me to let everybody know of this. I can't pretend to be excited or thrilled when I am not." That's when I walked away. Thus, the wedding had to be done in Las Vegas, where most couples get divorced hours after getting hitched.

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You never told your Dad what you've heard. You also had the same reaction as Caleb when you learned about the promise between your parents. You were in a serious relationship at that time but you never would've thought of disappointing your Dad. So when you told Lance about it, he understood and you peacefully parted ways.

Back when you were still kids, you and Caleb were inseparable. Probably that's why your families made the pact of letting you get married at the right age. You were all happy until your mothers died. They were both on their yearly vacation when they survived a plane crash but were in critical condition. Before they breathed their last, they had your fathers swore to promise and fulfill their pact.