Love's Second Act: A Tale of Redemption and Renewal

ENGAGED

Both the families later returned to their cars. Zoe was silent the entire time. They sat down in their vehicles. Zoe then looked straight into her mother's eyes.

ZOE POV.

Zoe: Mom you told me that this was just a meeting.

Mom: Wasn't it?

Zoe: Mom you fixed this entire thing without telling me? Am I not important to you, you sent off wedding invites and fixed the engagement without giving me the slightest idea.

Mom: If I would have told you, you would have refused

Zoe: It's my life isn't it

Mom: Zoe, I know what is best for you

Zoe: Mom Veer lives in Mumbai and I am not going with him. I have a job here.

Mom: he is the Ceo of a big company, well known there. He can easily get you a better job than this.

Zoe: Well, I don't like him

Mom: And that's why you didn't return for half an hour when I asked you to go for a small walk with him

Zoe: Mom I am not going to marry him

Mom: Zoe, I...........

Zoe: Veer always puts his career over anyone, gets angry easily and can do or tell anything when he is angry. He has hot girls drooling over him at work who wouldn't care even if he already has someone. He could break a person's heart easily and he.....

Mom: Zoe you only spend half an hour with him and he surely didn't tell you all that.

That's when I realized that I had revealed too much about him. Dad looked at me and then mom

Dad: Zoe , is it true, is he really like that. Did you know him before this

Zoe: um, a friend of mine used to date him

Mom: people can change

Dad: well, I am not risking my daughter's future, she can't be with a man like that

Mom: He isn't like

Dad: how do you know , you only met him a few days ago. I am not going to send to to another city alone with that man

Mom: See, the engagement is tomorrow there's no point now

Dad: call it off then

Mom: See , how do you know that she isn't lying

Mom said this looking at me. So she can't trust her own daughter

Dad: Fine then but I will have a word with Veer before the engagement

What he gave up too. Well he surely knows that there was no point discussing this topic with Mom ,but still.

Just then I saw that we were near Pari's house. I asked them to stop the car saying that I wanted to meet her

Mom: Come home soon and don't forget to invite her for your engagement

I gave mom a sarcastic smile and then rushed to Pari's house and rang the bell. She opened the door letting me enter. We then settled down on a couch 

Pari: hey, so how did it go

Zoe: well my life is ruined

Pari : what's wrong 

Zoe: they are getting me engaged tomorrow

Pari: tomorrow? but how and who is the guy

I broke down at that moment. Pari hugged me and started rubbing my back. She then got me glass of water . I drank it and looked at her