Rory hadn’t had dinner with his grandfather for nearly a month. The last time he came here, he stayed for only a few minutes.
The night Denise was punished, he also didn’t stay long.
Jenifer couldn’t keep her husband or son.
When she caught sight of Rory coming into the house, she smiled and welcomed him happily. “Rory, I’m glad you’re home again.”
Rory simply nodded and sat down at the dining table. “Grandpa,” he acknowledged with a slight bow.
In response, Elmore glanced at him. “Let’s have dinner first. After dinner, I have something to tell you,” he said in a stoic tone.
After her punishment, Denise had adopted a much better behavior. She had become quiet and calm. Except for Jenifer asking about what was going on in Rory’s life, there was no other sound interrupting the sounds of cutlery clashing with plates as they ate.
you been working very hard recently? You seemed to have lost a lot of weight,” she said, concern
Rory for a few days, somehow, Jenifer strongly believed that he
changed,” Rory said
tone was cold. This was not the first time that Jenifer had been treated coldly by her son. She had
to ask any more questions. The dining room now
disliked dining with her family. There were a lot of rules, including the prohibition of cell phones and a no-talking rule. Seeking to escape such an environment as quickly as possible, she rushed her food, and in no time, she was done. “Grandpa, Mom, Rory, I’m done eating. I’ll go
she could move a step. “I
thought that whatever Elmore was going to say had anything to do with her.
stay, Denise had
finished their meals and it was now time for Elmore
slowly, “Jenifer, what do you
she was short of words. When she finally
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