Chad took a skewer with cooked meat and shoved it into Mike’s mouth to make sure that he stayed quiet, before walking up to Tammy and Jun, who came back with a few bottles of wine.
"These are great vintages! Did you steal it from your dad's wine cellar?"
"What do you mean, steal? How can you call it stealing if I'm taking something from my own house?" Jun opened the bottles with an opener.
Chad brought one of the bottles to Mike and poured a glass for Elliot as well.
Even Wesley, who could not quite drink, took a glass. "It's a fun night, so I should drink a bit as well."
"Are you in a good mood, Mr. Brook?" Tammy poured wine into his glass and looked over at Avery. "Avery, you want some?"
Avery shook her head. "I need to take care of the kids. You guys go ahead!"
"Alright! I will deal with this unwelcome guest of yours!" said Tammy, before sitting down next to Elliot. "Mr. Foster, why aren't you staying with your fiance at the hospital? You can’t possibly be thinking of dumping her now that she has had a miscarriage, can you? You can't be that much of a scumbag, can you? Are you only in a relationship with her so that she can bear you children?"
Everyone fell into silence at Tammy's confrontational questions.
Tammy truly was brave, and Mike suddenly felt that he was nothing but a child compared to Tammy.
Elliot's expression darkened.
"I suppose it makes sense. She has to be extremely fragile if she could lose the baby from such a small fall. If I were you, I would have dumped her as well!" Tammy continued making sarcastic remarks. "I think Ms. Sanford weighs about fifty kilograms right? Avery here is just fortysomething, so I wonder how Avery had managed to shove her to the ground despite the weight difference. Do you not have surveillance cameras at your house? Let's see the footage! If Avery truly is such a bad person, I will be the first to cut all ties with her."
Jun could feel the storm brewing, and he set his glass down and covered Tammy’s mouth. Then, moved her away from Elliot.
Seeing how awkward the atmosphere was, Chad raised his glass and said, "Let's not talk about such unpleasant things! Let's drink! No one is going home sober!"
No one responded, and it felt even more awkward.
Just then, Wesley raised his glass to clink glasses with him.
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