Chapter 160: Not Yet Finished
It had been two days now since Zach left, and Keira was monitoring him through her father despite her busy schedule and exhausting days; running every now and then at different places for her reporting.
She took a little time out during her work and called her father to inquire about Zach’s well being. But before she could even ask anything, she was startled when her father congratulated her with her marriage.
"Good thing my son-in-law knows how to pay respect to his elders. He apologized to me for getting married to you in a rush that day before he went back. You brat, I have been waiting since then to see if you would open the topic to us. But it’s been two days already! Were you even planning to tell us that you have got married?" complained Field Marshal Chan from the other end of the line.
It was a good thing that Zach was really a great son-in-law. He told the Field Marshal everything that happened and apologized several times for getting married to Keira without them knowing. However, Zach had promised him that as soon as their mission was completed, he would immediately arrange everything for a grand wedding.
Keira laughed and said, "Of course, I would have told you and Mom. It’s just that I was too occupied with work lately. It simply slipped out of my mind. I will visit you and mom tonight, so please don’t get mad. Let me eat dinner there instead and besides, it’s your fault dad... had you not given that task to Zach then we wouldn’t have rushed our marriage like this. Geeez, you had better train more men because this will be the last time that Zach would get into these kinds of missions and I would not allow him to go for any such dangerous missions ever again. I don’t think you would want to make me a widow so early in my life dad..."
Field Marshal Chan raised an eyebrow hearing how his daughter turned the table and scolded him instead. "Alright go to work now and I’ll hang up. Bye," said Field Marshal Chan before he ended the call .
He wanted to meet Zach’s family but Zach would not be available for a few more weeks. ’Shall we go and visit them first?’ Field Marshal thought and suddenly felt excited about meeting Keira’s in-laws. He thought to consult with his wife and Keira about the meeting and plan it up with them. But he paused in his thoughts as he remembered that they were the daughter’s parents, reminded of this he murmured, "Shouldn’t it be the other way round? Mustn’t Zach’s family visit us first?"
’Ah but Zach is not around... They should probably visit his family first since Zach had gone because of him in the first place?’ The Field Marshal kept hanging between what he should do and what not and finally decided to talk to his wife and Keira regarding the matter.
Keira smiled after the call ended. She had intentionally not told her parents about the marriage because she knew them well. She was sure they would insist upon meeting Zach’s parents and at the moment Zach was too busy to indulge in the formal rituals such as meeting between the families.
As soon as she put back her mobile phone in her pocket the assistant director called her.