Jack answered the phone and was surprised that it was Sue's mother calling him. "Hello, Mrs. Thomas."

"Hello Jack. I wanted to talk to you about Sue. I'm sure that you know that Sue told us about the wedding."

Sue stood across the room seeing that Jack was talking to her mother. Sue was furious. Her mother called Jack instead of talking to her, she thought. How could she? At this point Sue couldn't even watch the conversation. The anger in her rising, as she began to pace back and forth.

"Yes, I hope you will be there." He said, noticing Sue's reaction. He recognized that look, she was steamed.

"I'm concerned about why you need to rush into this. I'm very worried about Sue. Is she pregnant?"

Jack's mouth dropped open in shock. "No Mrs. Thomas, we…uh…we never…." Jack cleared his throat trying to get his bearings. "We love each other. I would never do anything to hurt Sue."

Sue's mother breathed a sigh of relief. "Well then, I don't understand. Why don't you wait a few months or a year."

"We don't want to wait. The thing is we wasted enough time not telling each other how we felt in the first place. I fell in love with your daughter the moment I saw her. I was in a car accident a few months ago and it made me realize how fragile life is. I love your daughter with all my heart and we want to start our life together. We hope that you will come to the wedding and share our special day with us."

"Jack, I'm so sorry. I'm glad I called you, I can hear how sincere you really are and I'm glad Sue has found a really nice young man. I will absolutely be at the wedding."

Jack was relieved that Sue's mother understood. "Thank you. I think you should talk to Sue." He was going to hand the phone to her but noticed Sue still pacing the room, her arms folded across her chest. This wouldn't be a good time, he thought.

"Yes, I will call her tomorrow." Sue's mother said, before getting off the phone.

Jack walked across the room towards Sue. He stopped in front of her, his hands on her arms. "Jack, I can't believe her! She couldn't even talk to me, she had to call you. What did she say? She wants us to call off the wedding doesn't she?"

He saw her angry before, but nothing compared to this. Jack took hold of her hands and led her to the couch. "Sue, she was worried about you. She didn't understand why we were getting married so quickly. She thought I was taking advantage of you."

Sue rolled her eyes, breathing in frustration. "She still treats me like a child. I thought we had finally put this past us. I guess she will never change."

Jack lifted her chin with his fingers. "I know, but she understands now. I explained everything."

"Yeah but Jack, she should have talked to me and I would have explained it to her."

"Maybe she was afraid to talk to you because of how you were going to react."

"Still that's no excuse." If they were going to treat each other as adults, her mother had to trust her and talk to her if she didn't understand something.

"She told me she was going to call you tomorrow." He said.

"Alright, it will be better to talk to her when I'm not so angry." She looked at Jack, and felt bad he was caught in the middle of all this. "I hope you know I'm not angry at you Jack."

"Yeah, I know. I wish you had a better relationship with your mother. Maybe things will get better when she comes down for the wedding."

"I hope so, I will talk to her tomorrow and see how things go." Sue put her arms around Jack, needing a hug. "Thanks Jack," his arms encircling her pulling her closer into his embrace.