Angeline pushed her plate to the side and questioned Jens with a grave expression on her face, "Jens, where’s Whitty? She usually comes to have meals with us. She'd greet me in the morning and at night as well. Why don’t I see her tonight?”
Guilt flashed across Jens’ gaze. He figured that he had to coax Whitney back to his side as soon as possible regardless of everything. Otherwise, he would not be able to hide it from his mother. "Mommy, Whitty needs to take care of something. She won’t be having dinner with us tonight. However, don't worry. She'll be back tomorrow."
Angeline understood that Jens had given himself a deadline to handle whatever that had happened in his relationship with
Whitney. Therefore, she did not blame him.
Her gaze landed on Baby Robbie. "Baby Robbie, what's going on? You’ve been looking extremely downcast after returning this time around. You don't seem to have the spirit of youth within you at all. Where’s your past vigor and haughty demeanor?"
Baby Robbie said, "Mommy, don’t make fun of me anymore."
Angeline said, "You must learn to put something down if it’s pressuring you greatly. As humans, we live in the present. Don’t think about things that have yet to happen. Remember that when those things happen, you can only be sad for a period of time even if the sky falls down on you."
It was unclear if Baby Robbie understood what she meant. "Mommy, I got it." He did not know if he could let things go, but he knew that he could definitely not let his mommy worry about him. Otherwise, his dad would chastise him at night.
Baby Robbie immediately took some dishes for Jens to show that he was behaving. "Jens, hurry up and eat."
Jens glanced at Baby Robbie speechlessly. How dare he use him as a scapegoat to please their mom?
Jens took some dishes for Baby Robbie as well. "Have some of the dishes as well, Brother. You're so thin because you’re eating so little."
As Baby Robbie and Jens kept taking food for each other generously, the dishes on the dining table started finishing up.
Jay scolded his mischievous sons, “Alright, leave some dishes for your sisters."
Dinner ended in a joyous atmosphere.
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