147. Shocked

"Ran, please, if you want to share, don't take too long. Veronica has asked not to come home late today."

Just arriving at the coffee shop, Darwin wasted no time in issuing an ultimatum. Rather than facing Veronica's anger, he preferred to inform Randy right from the start not to waste time in this evening meeting.

It wasn't clear what Randy wanted to discuss. What was certain was that he invited his two cousins to gather briefly at a coffee shop to talk about something.

"What do you want to talk about, anyway?"

This time Kennedy spoke up. After ordering drinks, Darwin looked serious as he stared at Randy, waiting intently for what his cousin wanted to discuss.

"Can you two please stop with the protests? In the past, whenever you asked me to gather, I never complained like this," Randy exclaimed in frustration. Even if his two cousins needed someone to confide in and asked him to come, without