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.
of the apartment. The moment Courtney got into the car, Tina plunged into her arms. “Mom, why did you take
okay. Sit down properly. The
seat, she looked up and greeted her uncle who was sitting
dress? Is it nice?” Although Tina had already sat down, she couldn’t stay
also had 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
not be able to estimate the price of the outfit, she still noticed the double-G logo on
just buy anything for Tina to wear. There’s no need to
her up? Daughters should be raised
should be raised rich. Even so, we’re not pampering
a little
no children, so they 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
don’t think you should extol her to the skies. You should
you can stop talking now. I grew up under pressure, so I know that it’s not good to be
listening to her, Courtney
rear-view mirror,
world. Isn’t it rarer for someone to abandon their wife
words touched something inside
in the car
like that in front of
still young, children have their own ability to distinguish the bad and the good. There is no need to create the
Alicia…” William sounded
in the past. We don’t have to keep on mentioning it. Tina is all grown up. She understands everything. Am I right?” As she said that, she gave Tina
“Yeah. Mom, Great-Aunt
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