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.
me what happened.
wrong, when he thought about it calmly, he still felt hitting someone in a fit of anger was not a wise move. Thinking that Joey might be too shy to share,
was being bullied and got praised by Mommy!" Christine
frowned and quickly gave Joey a once-over. "You fought with
shook his head. "No... I'm
Joey all over, lifting his sleeves to look for any signs
Francine's head. "That's enough, Joey wasn't hurt.
into a fight with someone, and you didn't
"If you go, you might end up fighting with the other kid's
really that arrogant? Did they bully you
head lightly, urging the kids to
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