Richard was walking on the lawn feeling restless, for an hour.
Diana was observing him but she decided to talk to him when he gets calm and clear his mind.
Whenever Richard is tense he will walk for an hour, later he drinks one or two glasses of brandy, eats his favorite food then he becomes calm.
Diana doesn't talk to him and let's him be till he cools down as she knows how to handle him and that is by giving him his required space.
After dinner he finally relaxed, and the couple were sitting in the living room.
Richard was watching T.V and his mood had been quite normal now.
Diana decided to talk to him as to what has been bothering him as it felt like the right time.
"Dear, why were you so worried? Did something happen in the afternoon? Since long I have been watching you, what is the matter?"
"Tomorrow is our anniversary and our both sons have not reached yet. All guests have already arrived here and settled at the resort. I am sure that they both won't come on time, it would be a shame on me that I couldn't control my own sons"
"Because of them I already lost my prestige, dignity and couldn't face the society which was the reason we both are staying in this small place, San Diego"
"Especially because of your elder son Noah, he ruined our reputation in the circle and didn't give us any face, we were forced to leave our city and shift here" Richard continued.
"Everyday we get to hear about his infamous activities and how he was playing with the lives of those girls. Even those who were in rich families who knew about him were not ready to marry him and rejected him but did you know today I had sent invitations to some families that used to be so rich as us but now due to loss in their business they are not as rich, but leading a decent life" Richard stopped as Diana interrupted him.
"What! Are you still searching for a bride for our Noah? I can't believe that you are still in search of a girl, after everything that happened. Anyway, it is good you are still looking for prospects. What did these families say? Are they coming tomorrow to attend our anniversary? You invited them?" Diana was very happy and clearly excited when she learnt the efforts made by Richard.
"Don't get so excited, as they too rejected our son and told me that they don't want to attend our party. They even taunted me and you know what they said? 'If you are rich you may think you can do anything and can take advantage of us but we don't want to fall into your trap. So we won't attend your anniversary' They literally said this to me on my face." Richard spelled everything.
Diana was stunned when she heard all this then she composed herself before approaching her husband. She then rubbed his arm to calm him, "Dear, our son was not like this but you know the reason why he had turned into this ruthless and heartless man towards all the girls. Even though you know the reason, you hate him, which is unfair as people don't know him, they can judge him but as his parents we should not" Diana said with a heavy heart.
"I know the reason why he turned into this brat but this society doesn't understand the reason. They believe what they see with their own eyes, we can't tell everyone that our son is the best, he was not like this before. Who will believe us? No one and we can't go around and convince everyone that our son's conduct is good" Richard loudly said in anger.
Diana went to him and held his hand "Dear, don't worry everything will be fine. For some time don't search for a girl. When the right time comes everything will fall into the place and we will find someone for Noah. Now, coming to your worry of Noah and Jason not showing up, they already informed me that they'll be here by lunchtime tomorrow."
"Are you sure or like every time they will change their plans at the last minute and wish us on the video call?" Richard asked her as he had experience with them.
"No need to worry this time they both are coming as Jason already went to Noah's house. Both are coming together, secondly stop thinking about Noah's marriage, maybe by your upcoming birthday, we will find a perfect girl for our Noah, be patient and let us wait for the right time" Diana said.
"Thank god, at least they informed you, now after hearing the confirmation from them I can sleep peacefully. Maybe you are right, Noah's fate has been tied up with the girl who is perfect to him, that may be a reason why all girls were rejecting our son. He deserves much better than all these girls." It was more like Richard was assuring himself and not his wife. Diana saw through it but she just nodded her head agreeing with him.
"You are the best, you know how to convince me with your soothing words" Richard said to her.
"Dear, tomorrow don't nag at them as they are coming after a long time" Diana told him.
"Tomorrow, it is our day so my focus will only be on you. Don't worry I will not say anything to those rascals" Richard promised her.