A Weird Family
“You're not just excited, Mom. You're literally so eager you couldn’t even control yourself. Did you even
notice how you frightened her just now?” Camille sat down. Betty remained silent. She didn't mean to
frighten Kathleen, but she just couldn't keep her emotions in check.
“But Mom, Kate sure does look like a Lester.” Xenia smiled.
“Yeah.Her father is a handsome man.” There was tenderness in Betty’s eyes as she spoke, and she
soon began tearing up at the thought of Kathleen's father. Immediately, Camille and Xenia walked over
to comfort her. “Mom, don't cry.
We're lucky enough to be able to find Kate,” soothed Camille. “Yeah.When Anthony and Yusef are
back, we can have a discussion on how to tell Kate the truth.By then, the both of you can finally
reunite,” Xenia chimed in.
“I know.I'm just too happy, that's all.” Betty wiped her tears. In the meantime, Yvonne led Kathleen to
one of the rooms. Kathleen didn’t expect the Lesters to prepare such a large bedroom for her. Thus,
she said to Yvonne, “Ms.Lester, I can’t stay in this room.This should be the master bedroom, right? I'll
just stay in one of the guestrooms.”
“No, I can’t let you.You’re our…savior, after all.See, I've even asked the maids to prepare you some
clothes,” said Yvonne, pausing in between. The way they treated her was precisely why she didn’t dare
to stay. The Lesters areweird.
If they want to thank me, they could just give me money. “Ms.Lester...”
Kathleen began. “You're around my daughter's age, so you could just call me…Aunt Yvonne.You don't
have to be so polite,” said Yvonne with an inscrutable tone. Kathleen was speechless. I’m not the one
who’s being too polite.
They are all too friendly, and it's weird! Yvonne said enthusiastically, “Take a look around and tell me if
you need anything else.” “Oh, it’s okay.” Kathleen found it hard to turn her down.
“All right then.You should get some rest.” Yvonne turned and left the room. Kathleen sighed and went
to look for Levi, who was supposedly in the room next to hers. Nevertheless, he wasn't there when she
opened the door. She descended the stairs and went to the garden, which had a pretty scenic view.
As she couldn't see Levi anywhere, she decided to take a walk around. At that moment, she saw two
kids huddled together in the garden, each holding a tiny shovel and trying to scoop a flower out from
the soil.
“Why are we doing this?” the little girl asked with a melodious voice.
“A new aunt has come to our house.We shall give this to her as a gift,” replied the little boy.
The girl asked in excitement, “Is she pretty?”
“Yeah, probably.My mom says she's a celebrity.”
“I love celebrities!” the girl exclaimed. Kathleen glanced at the poor Julietrose that was almost mutilated
to death by the two children and said slowly, “The flower's going to die.”
The two chubby children paused in their tracks and turned to look at Kathleen.
“She's so pretty,” whispered the girl before she put on a wide grin and asked, “Who are you?”
“Are you the new aunt?” the boy questioned in surprise. Aunt? Kathleen answered, “I'm the doctor
who's here to treat Old Mrs.Lester.”
“You're our new aunt!” The boy threw his shovel away and dragged the girl over, greeting Kathleen,
“Nice To meet you!” The girl imitated the boy.
“Nice to meet you.”
Kathleen replied wryly, “Nice to meet you, too.Stop shoveling the flower.It's going to die.”
Juliet roses were precious flowers. The Lester family was apparently quite wealthy to be able to plant
such valuable flowers in the garden like it was nothing.
“Mark! You naughty boy! Are you up to no good again?” A woman who looked to be around Kathleen's
age approached. The boy, Mark Lester, took the girl's hand and hid behind Kathleen, yelling, “Help!”
Kathleen stared down at the kids speechlessly. As the woman got closer, she looked at Kathleen in
surprise.
“You…You are...”
“I'm Kathleen Johnson,” said Kathleen, thinking the Lesters were a bunch of weirdos. Why are they so
shocked to see me?Don't they know I'm here to treat Old Mrs.
Lester's illness? The woman introduced herself, “Hello! I'm Suzie, the little brat’s mother.” Kathleen
shook the woman’s hand.
“Hi.Nice to meet you.” Suzie looked happy to see her.
”You’re finally here.Give me a minute.I'm going to teach this brat a lesson.” Kathleen nodded as Suzie
pulled her son over to her side, scolding, “Lookat what you did to your grandpa's precious flower! Your
grandpa gave this to your grandma as a gift when they were dating, and you just destroyed it!”
“Mom, flowers don't have feelings, so it's totally fine! Grandpa and Grandma are already married, so
the flower doesn't really matter now,” Mark argued irrationally. Suzie was so mad that she squatted
down and smacked the boy's buttocks as punishment. Instead of crying, Mark said casually, “Take it
easy, Mom.My dad's going to be heartbroken if you end up hurting your own hand.”
Suzie was at a loss for words. Another young woman came over.
“What's going on here, Suzie?”
“Mommy!” The little girl jumped into the woman’s arms. The woman was shocked to see all the dirt on
her daughter's shirt.
“Bella! What happened to your clothes?”
“Look what they've done, Ninette.These naughty kids destroyed the rose that Dad gifted to Mom,”
complained Suzie. The woman, Ninette Kirby, stared at the ruined rose and sighed.
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