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 seemed to have lost a lot of weight,” she
Rory for a few days, somehow, Jenifer
My weight hasn’t changed,” Rory said in
by her son.
she got the message and didn’t try to ask any more questions. The dining room
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 back to my room,” she said as she dropped her cutlery and got up
said before she could move a step. “I
was going to say had anything
had no choice but
others also finished their meals and it was now time for Elmore to say what he had
what do you think
for a brief moment, she was short of words. When she finally recovered herself, she cleared
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