"Is Miss Lydia home?" Mrs. Perez asked, glancing past the housekeeper into the foyer.

Mrs. Lucy froze for a moment, hastily wiping her hands, clearly taken aback. Mrs. Perez had never visited before, making her appearance all the more surprising.

Lydia, who hadn't gone to the office that day, overheard and hurried to the front door. Seeing Mrs. Perez there in person, she was just as startled. "Mrs. Perez? Oh, wait... Mrs. Lucy, please, let her in."

Lydia rushed to tidy up, feeling slightly flustered. The house wasn't often used for entertaining guests, and she even had trouble finding tea. Despite her best efforts, she didn't have much experience making tea and fumbled through it, struggling to figure out what she was doing.

In the end, the tea didn't quite turn out as it should have.

"Here you go, Mrs. Perez," Lydia offered, handing her the cup carefully.

Mrs. Perez glanced at it briefly, hiding her disdain. Both she and Mr. Perez were long-time educators, and he had a particular love for fine tea. It only took a glance for her to judge the tea Lydia had made.

Perez nudged the cup aside slightly. "No need to go through all this trouble.

shook her head, Mrs. Perez got up, ready to head into the kitchen and

Lucy. Between the two of them, they managed to gently

"Well, it's getting harder these days to even make a meal. But no worries,

chatting for a while about nothing in particular, Mrs. Perez finally

cleared the table, she couldn't help but comment, "You know, Mrs. Perez seemed pretty easygoing today. You're lucky to have such a kind mother-in-law! Back in my day, mothers-in-law were much

Lydia replied with a small smile,

with Quincy, who was just as surprised by

Mr. Perez asked, "Where were you today?" Taking off her shoes by the door, Mrs. Perez

Perez said, her face

the room as Mr.

this happen?

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