“Mom, let’s have breakfast,” Nicole suggested to divert Gloria’s attention when she saw how conflicted Stanley was.

“Grandma, we’re joining the parent-child event.” Nolan and Lana added, eager to finish their breakfast and make a run for school.

Understanding what Nicole’s intention was, Gloria looked at Stanley and agreed, “Okay, let’s have breakfast first.”

After the family were all seated in the dining room, they had breakfast, though with a lingering sense of awkwardness in the air. Gloria was also feeling antsy, prompting Daniel to pat her on the hand to comfort her while signaling to her to maintain her silence until their children had all left.

All Gloria could do at that point was put up with it. She shot a glance at Stanley before lowering her head to eat what was left of her meal.

After Nolan and Lana had scraped their plates clean, they pulled Nicole and Jared along and walked them to the front door with great enthusiasm.

“Grandpa, Grandma, we’re going to school!” they yelled.

“Alright, have fun.” Daniel said.

“Thank you.”

kids leave, but her smile gradually faded as she turned to look at

need to

to explain the situation to them by himself. Instead, he would bring

shouted, but Stanley had already fled

kid handle it by himself,” Daniel comforted her when he saw how

in defeat.” Look, it’s even on the news. And now he’s telling us

the idea of a relationship

believe Stanley is not that kind of person. Perhaps there’s a misunderstanding. After all, we’ve only heard it from the entertainment news, which is not known for credible reporting,”

was well within the ideal age of marriage. It was just that he had not

sure to ask him when he comes back tonight,” Gloria replied, adamant that this was

of the day, Stanley owed them

and chuckled. “Okay, let’s just

Nicole and Jared were on their way to preschool with Nolan and

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