Georgia hadn’t considered that. Ever since she’d gotten back together with her mother, she’d acknowledged Aston and Emilia as her cousins.
As for the others of the Powell family, the siblings hadn’t brough it up, and neither had her mother, so Georgia naturally wasn’t cognizant of that.
She only just remembered that, right, her mother had other relatives.
And she hadn’t seen Emilia’s parents and the other Powells yet.
“We’ll see what my mother thinks. I feel like the Powell family has a lot of complicated internal relations. You know that Aston’s separated himself from them, and Emilia doesn’t seem to look too warmly upon her family, either. I don’t know what’s going on behind the doors, and I’m not a Powell anymore, anyway. If my mother cares for the Powells, we’ll see how we should interact with the family.”
Robert heard that, but made a decision.
After all, it was Georgia’s family, so the Powells bore investigation in case they presented a threat to him and Georgia.
The two finally went to sleep with Annie in the middle.
Annie was quite excited, and talked with her Daddy for a while, then her Mommy next.
She went between the two of them chatting until she finally fell asleep, tired.
Robert and Georgia looked at each other, smiled, then closed their eyes and went to sleep themselves.
The following morning, Annie slept in, she didn’t wake up as early as she usually did.
Georgia and Robert, though, got up early.
The two sneaked out of the bedroom quietly so as to let Annie sleep.
“I’m going to take my mother and Wesley back today.”
After they washed, Robert said that to Georgia.
“I’d been planning on taking them back yesterday, but then there were delays. So I’m going personally to pick them up today.
“Georgia, I’m not sure how my Mom is right now. She’s sober on occasion. If her attitude is still bad to you when she comes, I’ll put my mother in her original house, and go visit often. I’ll deal with this, and I won’t let you get hurt.
“As for Wesley, I don’t know how things are between you two. You said there weren’t any problems between you two when you took him back last time, so this time, let’s take him back to try and live with us. If, by then, you feel like you don’t get along, I’ll find some other way. No matter what it is, I’ll go with your feelings.”
Robert sounded a bit uneasy as he said that, and Georgia couldn’t help but chuckle.
“What if I was an evil stepmother and decided to chase him out? What would you do then?”
“First, you’re not that kind of person. Of course, it’s a really hard thing to be a stepmother, so I won’t force you. Just try to live together for starters. If you don’t get along, I’ll put him in a new place, and see him every day. There’s no such thing as perfect in this world. I can only try my best to treat you all well and make you all a bit happier. But no matter what it is, I won’t let you get hurt.
“So if my mother and Wesley come back, and you felt uncomfortable, or can’t get used to it, I won’t have them stay here all the time. I might as well just buy a house on the side and let them live there, so I can look over them every day all the same. That’s a solution too.”
At that, Georgia couldn’t help but feel amused.
She walked up and kissed Robert on the cheek.
“You’ve had it hard. You’ve probably been conflicted over this for a long time, haven’t you? My attitude is just as I’ve said before. I won’t mind.
“It’s what happened before we fell in love. Just like how I have an ex-boyfriend. The past can’t be changed. If I fought with you over this, it’s our bond that going to be hurt in the end. It’s your mother, so you can resolve the business with her your way. If she really does hate me when she’s sober, then let’s buy the house next to ours. No, let’s buy it beforehand. Maybe there might be a need for it at the time.
“As for Wesley, he’s always been a good kid. Annie likes him, too. I’ll try my best to accept him as my own. For some reason, I get a really intimate feeling looking at him, so I don’t think it should be a problem for me to be with him.”
“Mrs. Simpson really does treat Mr. Simpson well. Mr. Simpson must thank Mrs. Simpson for her kindness.”
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