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.
Tell me what happened. Did you get first place in the kindergarten
someone in a fit of anger was not a wise move. Thinking that Joey might be too shy to share, Christine
girl who was being bullied and got praised by Mommy!" Christine said excitedly. "Yeah,
and quickly gave Joey a once-over. "You fought with somebody?
head. "No... I'm
concern. She kept checking Joey all over, lifting his sleeves to look for any
"That's enough, Joey wasn't hurt.
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 someone, and you didn't even let me
how protective Francine was being. "If you go, you might end up
really that arrogant? Did
head lightly, urging the kids to go inside before addressing the
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