“What’s going on?” Dolores looked at her son who was standing in front of the sofa.
Andrew pointed at his sister who was still crying, “She wants to play Cat and Mouse but she cries when she loses.”
“You’re a nuisance.” Amanda wiped her tears, ran towards her daddy and mummy and complained, “He’s so annoying.”
Dolores looked at her speechlessly.
She was worried when Amanda got scared and didn’t speak for a long time before, but she turned into her old self again after she recovered.
“When will you turn not to be a telltale?”
Matthew Nelson reached out his hand to stroke her head, “Admit your failure.”
Jasmine Burke gathered up the pillows and toys that had just been thrown everywhere.
Amanda thought that her father would bias her and reprimand her brother, but to her surprise, he didn’t favor himself, so she curled her lips and ran back to help Jasmine clean up the toys.
“This child can’t be spoiled, if you spoil her, she might be crying again this time,” Dolores said to the man beside her.
Matthew turned his head to look at her, “You mean I’m spoiling her?”
Dolores said, “You know it yourself.”
After finishing her words, Jasmine walked over, “Leave it, let Coral clean it up.”
She stood up with her hands clutching the hem of her clothes nervously, “It’s okay, it isn’t tiring.”
Dolores smiled and said friendly, “You’re not used to it, right?”
Jasmine lowered her head, “It’s fine.”
Dolores could see that she was a bit nervous as she felt uncomfortable to live here. After all, she didn’t know anyone and hadn’t spent much time with them together.
“My two children are very rowdy.” Dolores spoke to her to lighten the atmosphere and also tried to get closer with her so that she would be less restrained.
She smiled and said, “They are very cute and smart.”
Dolores sat down on the sofa and asked her to sit as well.
“Let me help to tidy up.” She squatted in front of the toy basket and picked them up with Amanda.
The toys had been spilled when they played Cat and Mouse, and many small parts were rolled everywhere.
“When is Boyce Shawn coming back?” Amanda asked as she tilted her head and looked at Jasmine.
Boyce hadn’t called her and she hadn’t taken the initiative to contact him because she knew that he must be busy and had a lot of things to deal with when he returned.
She couldn’t help him, the only thing she could do was not to cause him any trouble.
“I don’t know too.”
Amanda blinked, “Aren’t you his girlfriend? How come you don’t know his whereabouts?”
Jasmine found her amusing as she seemed to know a lot since she was a kid.
“Even if I’m his girlfriend, I can’t deprive him of his time, right? He has his own things to do.”
Amanda couldn’t fully understand.
“There are so many things in adults’ world. Girlfriends are also changing one after another.”
Soon her smile changed.
She clearly knew that Amanda was referring to her and Wendy Miller.
“She is a child. She is immature.” Dolores was afraid that she would think too much about it.
Jasmine was busy shaking her head, “Actually it’s my fault.”
If looking into it, it seemed that she was the third party who broke up Boyce and Wendy.
Andrew helped his sister to put the toy basket in the corner and said, “Let’s go to the room.”
Amanda nodded, “Is grandpa in the study room? I want to see what they are doing.”
“Let’s go then.” Two of them walked towards the study room hand in hand.
Now they had a close bonding and she forgot that she had just cried.
Coral sat down on the sofa and looked at Dolores, “Did Boyce talk to you about my situation?”
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