Tim laughed and said he didn’t feel tired at all. But Ethan was a thoughtful child. He finally persuaded his grandpa into putting him down.
Tim and Abby, a pair of father and daughter, who hadn’t seen each other for many years, naturally had many feelings to pour out.
And Ethan didn’t act mischievous. He just leaned against Abby silently.
A fancy car parked at the gate of the hotel.
A young man and a young lady came out of the car first, and a well-dressed madam also walked out from the back seat.
Eva Jones, looking at Herman Kent, was reluctant to see him leave. “Herman, shall we have dinner together?”
Herman shook his head.
At that time, Tina Green also got off the car and smiled at Herman. “That sounds great. Tonight we invite Eva’s sister. The people present are all close. You should join us.”
“Who’s my sister? I’m unwilling to be her sister.” Eva murmured. Her face changed slightly.
Herman was not only Eva’s classmates, but also who she liked. But Herman only regarded her as his classmate and friend.
He wore a sunshine smile, revealing a row of clean, white teeth. He replied politely, “No, thank you, Aunt. My mother is waiting for me to have dinner. I should go.”
Eva watched him leave by car and her mood turned bad immediately.
Tina reminded her, “Let’s go. Your father may have been waiting for a long time.”
Eva curled up her lips deprecatingly, said, “It’s all because of you. You went buy clothes and had your hair done. It seemed that you are the heroine today.”
Tina responded with some anger, “What I have done is all for you. If I know you won’t bring your classmate here, I don’t need to do so many things.”
Seeing this, Eva pouted her mouth and didn’t speak any longer.
They walked into the hotel.
“Eva, don’t blame on me that I haven’t remind you that you couldn’t say something bad in front of Abby. Do you understand?”
Eva showed disdain on her face.
“After all, she is your elder sister. You couldn’t bully her as before. And you have to endure for a time, even if you don’t like her.” Tina said seriously.
“I don’t have such a sister. She left home, got pregnant and even brought the bastard back. Our family’s face was lost because of her.” Eva stared ridiculing her so-called sister unkindly.
“Could you lower your voice in case that she would hear it?” Tina was anxious.
“It doesn’t matter at all. What’s the big deal? This is the fact. I haven’t falsified it.”
Tina pulled Eva over and warned her in a low voice, “Remember these words are what you can’t say to her. You’re also clear that your father has offended someone in his career. If we couldn’t persuade Abby into marrying the person I recommend, where can we raise so much money to pay off the debt?”
Eva twitched her mouth.
“If you have the ability, you can date Herman. He must live in a good condition, or he can’t afford the luxury car. Then we don’t need to ask Abby for help. Do you think I like her very much?”
Eva felt awkward, said, “What do you mean? I do get along well with Herman.”
“Shut off your mouth. As one who has been through the experience, I can easily tell whether he likes you.” Tina rolled her eyes at her, added, “If you have the half tricks of your sister, I could sleep without any anxiety, instead of inviting her to dinner. It’s the same when it comes to Ivan Taylor. You clearly said you liked him, but he didn’t care about you at all.”
“You are annoying! I have already known, OK? I’ll shut up and won’t scold at her. Are we fine?” Eva shouted.
They finally stopped talking and walked to the box together.
When the door was push open, Tina immediately enthusiastically stepped forward, took Abby’s hand, and looked at her carefully. She said, “Abby, you finally come back. I miss you so much.”
“…Hello, long time no see.” Abby couldn’t adapt to Tina’s sudden enthusiasm at that time.
“Let me see if you had any changes these years.” She said, pretending to be surprised and distressed, “Oh, you are thinner. Is it hard to live alone in a foreign country? You didn’t even call us.”
Abby didn’t know how to respond when being bombard with Tina’s caring words.
Tina lowered her eyes and saw the kid who was snuggling up to Abby. She grinned from ear to ear right away.
“Oh my god! He must be our grandson. Could you give grandma a hug?
This time, the little guy didn’t behave as natural as he met Tim Jones. For the first time, he understood the feeling of disliking a person. He was so uncomfortable that he hid behind Abby.
“Ethan, say hello to grandma quickly. Don’t you remember how you promised to mommy? Be a good child.” Abby said gently.
Then Ethan walked out from behind Abby bit by bit. Raising his small head, he greeted Tina, “Hello, grandma.”
And he also didn’t speak the sweetest words which could make people happy like when he met his grandfather.
But Tina was still happy to smile, reaching out to pinch the little guy’s pink face. Then, she also took out a yellowish brown envelope from the bag with her. It was bulging inside. Needless to guess, it must be a meeting gift.
She bent over, handed the envelope to Ethan, and said with a smile, “So your name is Ethan. Great! Take it. This is a gift from Grandma.”
Since Abby and her family hadn’t seen each other for many years, they felt moved for sure. However, at the same time, the scene in front of her really made her a little uncomfortable. She also had a question in her heart: is it too sudden?
It could be called normal for her father. But her stepmother, Tina Green, had always been loathing her. When did she become so generous?
Although she had doubts, her face didn’t show them.
Blinking his big black eyes, Ethan looked up at Abby and didn’t reach out to receive what Tina had handed him.”