Tristan & Evelyn: Matchmaking

‘Are you still hung up over that Evelyn girl?’ Roxanne asked. Tristan pursed his lips but said nothing. ‘Humph, I knew it! But it’s over between you two, can’t you see that? Just a warning, son, don’t even think about getting back together with her.’ ‘Why not?’ Tristan asked, defiant. ‘She’s not good enough for you!’ ‘But you are the one who picked her as my future wife-in-law.’ ‘That was before I knew her true colours!’ Roxanne protested. ‘Back when we were living the high life, she clung to you and followed you everywhere. I thought she really liked you. But the moment we hit rock bottom, she broke off the engagement without a second thought. She broke your heart, didn’t she? That’s why you are still pining for her after all these years.’ Tristan shook his head, amazed that his mother couldn’t see the irony in her own words. When the V Group went bankrupt, Roxanne was the first to abandon the family and forced his father into a divorce. And now she had the nerve to criticise others?