As soon as Corinne and the kids entered the house, Francine hurried over. "Corinne, why did you come back so late? I was so worried!"
Francine then bent down and gave each of the kids a kiss. "Do you three little troublemakers have any idea how worried I was? Did you convince your mommy to take you out again? She worked so hard all day long. Can't you cut her some slack?"
"No, Aunt Francine! It was Mommy's idea to take us to the amusement park!" said Christine.
"That's right. Mommy decided to reward us!" Bryan added.
Christine rolled her eyes at Bryan. "Mommy is rewarding Joey. We're just riding on his coattail."
Bryan shot back with a glare. "I know! Mind your own business!"
Christine scoffed and ignored him.
Francine had long grown accustomed to the twins' bickering, so it did not surprise her. Instead, she turned her curious gaze to Joey, reaching out to rub his round little face.
from your mommy today? Tell me what happened. Did you get first
Corinne said he did not do anything wrong, when he thought about it calmly, he still felt hitting someone in a fit of anger was not a wise move. Thinking that
being bullied and got praised by Mommy!" Christine said excitedly. "Yeah, yeah! He
a
shook his head.
checking Joey all over, lifting his sleeves to look
enough, Joey wasn't
words, Francine felt a bit more at ease and stood up with her hands on her hips. "So what exactly happened? Joey got into a fight with
chuckled at how protective Francine was being. "If you go, you might end up
looked indignant. "What? Are the parents really
her head lightly, urging the kids to go
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