"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.

to go through all this trouble. I just

Perez got up, ready to head into the kitchen and whip up

her, as did Mrs. Lucy. Between the two of them, they managed to gently but firmly dissuade

off but smiled playfully, "Well, it's getting harder these days to

for a while about nothing in particular, Mrs.

today. You're lucky to have such a kind mother-in-law! Back in my day, mothers-in-law were much harsher. "Really, ma'am, you're blessed. You have such a good husband and now such a nice mother-in-law. You're bound to

Lydia replied with a

herself. Perhaps Mrs Perez truly had no Later that evening, Lydia shared visit with

as Mrs. Perez returned home, Mr. Perez asked, "Where were you today?" Taking off her shoes by the door, Mrs. Perez responded, "I went to check on Lydia." "What? You were never fond

Mrs. Perez said,

sound of a cup shattering filled the room

When did this happen? And why didn't

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