Ivy knew that Robert was only trying to be responsible by staying home with her, as he used to stay out with his friends until ten at night.
"Dad and the others should be back soon, right?" Ivy asked.
Once her parents were back, Robert would no longer have to stay with her all the time.
"They need to wait until Uncle Eric is discharged," he said, before covering his mouth. "We can't call him that anymore. He is going to be our brother-in-law."
"Have they started dating, then?" She asked.
The servant walked over and placed a bowl of soup in front of Robert. "It's freshly made. Try it."
Robert immediately picked up his spoon and took a sip. "Yeah. It's thicker."
"The onion and mushroom are cooked until they completely dissolved," the servant said. "This is your mother's favorite."
"Mushroom soup isn't that popular in Bridgedale, so Mom doesn't get to have great mushroom soup over there," Robert said. "Uncle Eric will be discharged soon, anyway, so Mom should be home soon."
"I thought you are calling him your brother-in-law from now on?" The servant teased.
Robert burst out laughing. "He isn't back yet. I will change the way I address him when he gets home."
Since everything was going smoothly, Ivy had developed an appetite. "Robert, I heard something funny from my classmate today," she said. "She saw this service on social media that offer to go to people's houses and remove their gray hair for them. It's the first time I've ever heard about this. Isn't it funny?"
Robert was taken by surprise to learn about such a service. "How does she charge?"
"Depends on the customer," Ivy continued. "They charge more when there was more gray hair, so it varies depending on how much gray hair they need to remove... There are even people who hire escorts to count how much gray hair they have. Whoever thought of this must have a unique mind because I can't understand who would pay for a service like that."
Ivy blushed.
"Ivy, should we try hiring an escort to spend time with us?" Robert had never hired such a service before and his interest was piqued. Since their parents were not home, he wanted to try it.
Ivy choked. "Robert, are you serious?"
Robert immediately realized that Ivy misunderstood the meaning of escort and said, "I am talking about the escort you hire for a companion, not for what you think. I saw it on social media before and depending on who we hire, they might be able to help with our homework too!"
"Oh! I guess it should be legitimate if you saw it on social media... you are doing fine with your studies, though. You probably don't need help with your homework."
"Let me just hire one and try! We can play poker and chat!" Robert suggested excitedly.
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