"Class reunion?" Elaine said disdainfully, "You guys are already a bunch of dying old folks, why would you want to have a class reunion? Haven’t you heard, a class reunion is just an excuse for old lovers to go on dates!" 6
“Oh my God, shut up!" Jacob blurted, "There will only b e guys at the reunion, we didn't invite any of our female classmates." 2
"Really?" Elaine frowned in disbelief.
"Yes, honest! You should know best how our class was. There were only a handful of female students in our class, and all of them live overseas right now. So, there will only be us male students at the reunion." 1
"No, I don't believe you! You can't go!" Elaine shouted." You must be going to see that old lover of yours! Do you think I don't know!" 6
Charlie was stunned. Did his father-in-law have some romantic love story in the past?
"What old lover? It's just a bunch of male friends!"
Elaine snorted disdainfully. She turned her pouty face to the other side and ignored Jacob. 3
Jacob anxiously tried again, "Charlie has to go with m e anyway. Our teacher is wheelchair-bound now, there is no elevator in the old campus, so we need a few
young and strong men to lift him to the classroom on the fifth floor. Just let Charlie be my witness and report everything he sees to you. If there is a female friend present, I'll face the music!"
Elaine growled, "No, I won't let you go!" 8
Jacob was a little annoyed by now, and he burst out, " My old friends and I, we haven't seen each other for years, how can I be absent?! Moreover, our teacher is eighty-something, this is perhaps the last time I'm going to see him!" 2
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