Bryan chased after her. "I'll head with you, Jennifer."
Vania saw them off and looked at her children approvingly. "We should get going now. We'll watch the competition live tomorrow."
Morales and Morgan loved competitions like this.
The kids nodded. "Okay."
The next morning, Hanson, Vania, and the children happily came to the competition venue. Hanson had been looking forward to this. Vania took a seat in the panel while he and the kids sat right behind her. It wasn't the best vantage point, but it was the closest seat to her.
"I'm here, darlings!" Bryan and Jennifer came right after they took their seats.
The kids greeted them happily, "Hi, beautiful lady! Hey, Mr. Bryan!"
"Hi, darlings!" Jennifer adored the children. She sat down beside them and played with the kids. "I have presents for you." She took out Transformers action figures and Barbie dolls from her bag. The kids were just normal five years old to her, so she thought they must love them.
"Thank you, beautiful lady," the kids took them and fiddled with the toys, but they weren't too enthusiastic about it.
Jennifer thought they were just feeling shy. So, she didn't mind as she demonstrated how to play with the toys and the stories behind them. She was trying to get them to relax and play with the toys, but the kids thought it was really childish. Fortunately, Lily kept talking to her, so things didn't turn too awkward.
"Mr. Hanson! Lily!" a girl called out to them, interrupting the happy occasion.
The kids knew that voice anywhere. Tilly. They looked at one another and were all equally curious about her appearance. Why is she here? They wanted to know, but they didn't care to greet her back.
Tilly wasn't upset at all that they ignored her. Instead, she cheerfully greeted Bryan and Jennifer, "Hello, sir. Hello, lady."
"Hello," Bryan and Jennifer answered, though they seemed slightly surprised.
Tilly smiled and took up a seat beside the kids. James and Jack were on Hanson's left, while everyone else was on his right, so Tilly picked the seat beside James. James had always been an aloof guy, and that unnerved her.
Thea quickly appeared right after Tilly took up a seat, looking like she had been running all the way here. "Tilly, how many times do I have to tell you not to run around like that?" she admonished gently.
Tilly explained, "But I saw Lily, Mommy. That's why I had to come here.
Thea moved her sight to the children beside Hanson and pretended to be surprised. "Oh my! It's Mr. Luke and The Seven." Everyone at school called the kids that, and Thea did the same. She sounded excited as if she knew them very well. "What a coincidence! I never thought I'd run into you here. Tilly often mentioned all of you back at home."
The kids and Hanson remained silent at her enthusiastic greeting.
That didn't faze Tilly or Thea as Tilly continued the conversation, smiling, "The boys all look alike, don't they, Mommy?"
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