Chapter 222 Daughters Should Be Raised in Abundance
After Shay and Casey left, Courtney called Alicia. “Aunt Alicia, where’s Tina?”
“She just had her lunch. Your uncle put her down for a nap.” Alicia’s voice was heard from the other side of the phone. Her voice was much gentler than before.
“Uncle William is with her? Is he not working today?”
“Oh, we haven’t told you yet. He officially retired last week. At first, he went to Mayberry to attend an event held by the Calligraphy Association. But, when he heard that Tina was coming, he came back as soon as the event was finished. I told him he couldn’t take care of kids, but he insisted that he was good. Look at this man.”
Upon hearing Alicia’s complaint, Courtney let out a chuckle. “Uncle William has just retired. He’s probably just trying to keep himself busy.”
“That could be true.” Alicia grinned in response. “By the way, there’ll be a gathering this Friday night. The whole family will be having dinner together. No outsiders; just us and Stephen’s family. You should come too.”
Courtney hesitated for a moment. “We haven’t met for so many years. I don’t think I should go.”
“Why? You don’t want to get close with your grandpa’s family anymore?”
“That’s not what I meant, Aunt Alicia.”
“Come, then. I’ll pick you up at your place this Friday.”
Since Alicia insisted, Courtney couldn’t reject her again. Besides, the only family she had nowadays were the uncles from her maternal side.
She could actually understand Alicia’s effort.
On Friday night, Alicia came on time to pick Courtney up to bring her to the hotel for dinner.
the apartment. The moment Courtney got into the
Sit down properly.
her seat, she looked up and greeted her
down, she couldn’t stay still. Lifting the hem of her veiled dress, she showed it to Courtney.
a pair of white socks with their hems laced. Because of the company, Courtney had been researching a lot on the fashion shows held during spring and autumn. If she were not mistaken, the outfit was from the latest line
the price of the outfit, she still noticed the double-G logo on
buy anything for Tina to
How can we not doll her up? Daughters should be raised in abundance. Otherwise, they would
heard from the passenger seat. “Girls should be raised rich. Even so, we’re
a
were very fond of Tina. Tina is so young, yet she wears branded items all over her body. How is this not pampering? They might even promise
should extol her to the skies. You should be
now. I grew up under pressure, so I know that it’s not good
her, Courtney was
rear-view mirror, she
“There are so many rare things in this world.
something
probably the only one in the car who didn’t understand what Alicia
you say something like
Alicia’s expression was cold. “Although Tina is still young, children have their own ability to distinguish the bad and the good. There is no need
William sounded
Courtney quickly stopped her. “Aunt Alicia, the past is in the past. We don’t have to
“Yeah. Mom, Great-Aunt Alicia, Great-Uncle
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