Jake was stunned when his grandmother, who had raised him after his parents died, insisted he call off the wedding to the woman he loved.
Jake Barlow was sure he had found the love of his life, and he couldn’t wait to marry Kim Tyrell.
Jake had been orphaned at a very young age and was raised by his grandparents. He wanted a big family, a loving family, with lots of children, and so did Kim.
Like Jake, she too had been orphaned very young and raised by her grandparents.
They were a perfect fit — or so Jake thought until he introduced Kim to his grandparents.
Jake met Kim at MIT, which was weird because he later realized their families lived three streets away from each other in their small Montana town — but they had never met.
Jake and Kim dated all through graduation but they had both agreed to only meet each other’s family if things were serious so there would be no bad feelings in the relatively small community.
You can’t build a life on malice and rage. But when graduation came around,
Jake popped the question, which was lucky because a few weeks later, Kim discovered she was pregnant.
Jake decided to break the news to his grandparents. “Grandma, grandpa,” Jake said. “I have some news for you!
A Seattle tech company made me a really great offer, and I’ll be taking them up on it.” “Jake…” said his grandmother, Cara. “
You’re moving to Seattle…All ALONE! That will be so lonely.” “Actually,” Jake said. “I’m getting married to Kim.” “Married!” cried Grandpa Kevin.
“But we never met your girlfriend.” “But I’ve been talking about her for the last three years!” Jake protested.
“We want to meet her, Jake!” Grandmother Cara said firmly. “Where is she from?” “Right here,” Jake said.
“A couple of blocks away. Look!” Jake fished out a photo of Kim with her grandmother and passed it to his grandmother. Grandma Cara turned snow white and quickly handed the photo back before Jake’s grandfather could see it.
“Bring her to dinner tomorrow night,” she said. “And we’ll see about this wedding thing.”
That sounded a bit ominous to Jake but he decided that his grandmother, who was terribly protective, was just going through a bit of separation anxiety.
As soon as she met Kim she’d love her, he was sure. But he was so wrong… The next evening, Jake brought Kim over and introduced her to his grandparents.
