The plan was for it to be peaceful to live with my son Andrew and his pregnant wife Kate. The place where we lived quickly turned into a battlefield, though, with Kate and I always fighting. That is, until our grumpy neighbour, Mr. Davis, invited me to dinner out of the blue. I had no idea that this request would start a chain of events that would change my life for good.
It opened my eyes to have dinner with Mr. Davis, or Peter as I later learnt his name. He seemed tough at first, but I found a similar spirit who loved jazz and wanted to connect with anyone. It was the first time in years that I felt truly happy as we spent more time together.
I asked Peter to join our family dinner that Thanksgiving, but a chance meeting in the kitchen exposed a shocking truth. Kate and Andrew planned the whole relationship and used a record player as a reward to get Peter to interest me. I felt misled and hurt by the trickery, especially since Peter was involved at the start.
But then something strange happened. Peter admitted that even though he had agreed to the plan at first, his feelings for me had grown stronger. He told me that I made his life joyous and meaningful, and he couldn’t picture himself living without me. And because of what he said, I was able to forgive him.
In the end, Peter and I chose to start over and base our new relationship on faith and honesty. The two people fell in love on Thanksgiving, and their love grew stronger every year. It was a lesson that true love can still grow even when people lie and try to trick each other.
