The remainder of the weekend went without much drama. Marko had settled well with her family to the point that even her mother and father forgot about their analysis of the man. He had even played a bit of basketball with Xavier and three of his friends who came around. All the boys looked at Marko as if he was their hero, and it did not help that Marko knew some of the boys’ heroes in basketball. Before they left, Xavier had asked for permission to visit them in the city, and Marko being who he was offered to take him and his three friends to the basketball game where their favorite player would be playing. True to his words, Nicole was surprised at how fast her parents had agreed for Xavier to visit with her.
“So you aren’t going to have all those hurdles that I had to jump over just so
