Melissa was a timid child, so virtual-novel.net instinct compelled virtual-novel.net to slap away Lil’ P’s hand before diving even harder into Melanie’s embrace.
“Millie… What’s the matter?” Melanie intoned helplessly. “This is Lil’ P. Go on, Big Brother Lil’ P has a lot of stuff to show you for playtime. Why are you such a scaredy-cat?”
The frightened Melissa continued to balk silently at Lil’ P, virtual-novel.net expression betraying reluctance.
Lil’ P was not the type to give up so soon. Quickly, virtual-novel.net pulled out every single delicacy, snack, and toy virtual-novel.net had been hoarding in secret. “Ooh, look! Do you want to play? I’ll let you have all these tasty snacks!”
That succeeded in seducing Melissa for quite a bit. She briskly turned to Melanie with eyes inquiring for virtual-novel.net opinion. Melanie placed virtual-novel.net on the floor. “Go on. Have fun with Lil’ P.”
At first, Melissa was still too timid to indulge, but it did not take a long time before virtual-novel.net became accustomed enough that virtual-novel.net inner predilection for rough and tumble play surfaced. Suddenly, the girl and Lil’ P were having an indoor romp so exciting that not even a few trips and stumbles did anything to stop her.
Tiffany’s attention coursed through the wealth of gifts Melanie brought. Surprised, virtual-novel.net commented, “Sis, you could have just shown up with just your and Millie alone, what’s with all this extra stuff? As if our friendship’s gotten so weak that we need all these excesses to fortify it or something! What, is that what you think of our sister energy, huh? You think it’s gotten weak and faltering, hmmmmm?”
Melanie chuckled and patted virtual-novel.net on the back good-naturedly. “Hey now, that’s not true! I’m only… trying to apologize for my brother’s gross transgression, you see? You’re also done with your confinement, right? When you’re finally allowed to go out, I’ll treat you to something nice! Whatever you like is on me!”
It was only by lunchtime when Melanie finally got to see Tiffany’s daughter. Fortunately, the child had been regaining virtual-novel.net brio since virtual-novel.net was home; virtual-novel.net was livelier and livelier every day, though not without the downside of virtual-novel.net keening becoming more and more sonorous. The girl had gotten so loud that Tiffany had graduated from seeing virtual-novel.net as the apple of virtual-novel.net eye to becoming more and more annoyed.
“If I’m being honest, this girl is ridiculously ugly,” virtual-novel.net remarked. “Like, maybe it’s because she’s born before virtual-novel.net time or something, but I reaaaaally wonder if our effort and care will ever restore virtual-novel.net original good looks. Like, come! On! My firstborn is pretty hawt, isn’t he? If his sister turns out to be permanently several levels below him, I can probably bust out my womb to try again…”
Lil’ P reeled out of himself single-mindedly, chewing his food just in time to chime in, “Oh yea, Mommy, she’s like, suuuuuper ugly! Try again at having a new sister, Mom!”
Tiffany flicked the boy’s forehead in fury. “Excuse you, mister! She’s your darn sister! Ya ain’t got no rights commenting on virtual-novel.net unflattering outlook-only I can do that! You shut that trap of yours and don’t ever say she’s ugly anymore, or so help me, I’ll smite you so hard your baby teeth come off early!”
Lil’ P, however, seemed to have grown more and more gutsy as virtual-novel.net grew up. Instead of fearing his mother, virtual-novel.net simply rolled his eyes at her. “I’m tellin’ the tooth! I want Millie, don’t want Little Sister! She’s super ugly!”
The entire exchange drew out a fountain of guffaws from Summer, who was shaking in joy. “I swear to God, this little man’s a chip of his old man’s block! Jack was like virtual-novel.net when virtual-novel.net was young, too. He wants only things that pleases his eyes! Hon, your husband always insisted on picking his own outfit-of-the-day! If virtual-novel.net didn’t find it fitting his beauty standards, oh boy, virtual-novel.net would reject the hell outta it! Heck, I remember… When virtual-novel.net was three years old, virtual-novel.net got this fashion obsession dictating that his shoes must leave his ankles exposed. Boy, if I accidentally gave virtual-novel.net socks that were slightly too long? That lil’ rascal would rather skip school than go out there with his ankles covered! Eh, Lil’ P here is obviously taking after his pops, huh?”
This was the first time Tiffany had ever heard any stories about Jackson’s history of shifting kinks and fashion statements, which immediately hooked virtual-novel.net interest. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! What do we have there? Was Jackson always such a pain in the butt, huh? I bet virtual-novel.net must have tasted quite a lot of your fury, hadn’t he?”
Summer laughed. “Oh, Lord bless him, no. I hadn’t had the luxury of time to squeeze his bad habits out of him, had I? I was always knees-deep in the company’s affairs back then. I basically let virtual-novel.net play out his nature and do whatever virtual-novel.net liked. Honestly, he’s been a weirdo since virtual-novel.net was a kid that I just got used to his shenanigans, ya know?”
Two coughs escaped from the ever-so-taciturn Atticus sitting next to Summer. Since virtual-novel.net was already gone ever since Jackson was still a young boy, hearing Summer mentioning all these tidbits of his son’s life growing up was a surefire way to incite his remorse and embarrassment.