Epilogue: More Fish In The Sea

Isabella stood at the entrance of the Murray house, her eyes welling up, but she stubbornly fought back the tears, refusing to let them fall. Alex tried to console her, all the while apologising to Conor for springing the news on him like that. Eimile gestured for the young couple to go inside. Conor’s anger had yet to dissipate; it still lingered on his face. ‘You’ve gone too far,’ Eimile said to her husband disapprovingly. ‘Isabella has been away for so long. We shouldn’t be bickering the moment she returns.’ ‘I don’t want to argue either, but how can she be so clueless? She’s well aware of her engagement to Kenneth, yet she—’ Conor yanked on his hair. ‘Ugh! How am I supposed to explain this to Amiyah?’ Eimile let out a sigh, commiserating. ‘Yeah, we’ve made Kenneth wait all this time for Isabella, and they’ve never even gone on a date. But, we can’t force our daughter’s hand either. I can tell that she is genuinely into this guy Alex.’ ‘All right, let’s give Amiyah a call. Tell her