"I think you are very good at sweet-talking nowadays," Miya is initially feeling a bit down, but she feels better after his teasing, the atmosphere around her is livelier.
Randy brings Carmen back to the mansion.
The children cannot sleep well last night, they all run towards Carmen excitedly the moment they hear her.
"Carmen, it's all my fault, I'm glad that you're finally back," Joey sounds like he is about to cry.
Carmen subtly wipes away his tears, "Everything is fine now, there's no need to cry, I'm all in one piece in front of you guys right now, ain't it right?"
"Carmen, we'll get Gina to make you a lot of food and prepare you a bunch of health supplements, this way you wouldn't get sick anymore," said Ben considerately.
"We would never ever make you angry again," Andre adds on.
Carmen feels all fuzzy inside seeing that the children care for her so much. She argues with the children out of spite and takes offence at the children's babble, even though she shouldn't. Children forget what they say all the time, she is being too petty.
"Joey, you wanted to go to the amusement park, right? Let's go now," Carmen remembers her promise with the children.
"Yes, I would love to!" Joey gets jumpy and excited just by hearing the word amusement park.
Carmen is also smiling widely, how can this child be so full of energy? But being full of energy is a child's trait, she decides to bring them to the amusement park and have tons of fun together, she wants to leave all her troubles behind.
"But Carmen is not feeling very well right now, we should not go today," Ben tries to stop them,
Andre also chimes in, "Yeah, I agree with Ben."
The happy Joey is now sulking, but he thinks about what Ben and Andre said for a bit and realizes that they are right, he stays silent and doesn't say anything back.
Carmen is the happiest person on earth right now, the children are so concerned about her and love her so much. She really wants to smack herself from the past, why was she so petty and fought with the children over such a small matter? She should've known better.
"It's fine, I'm as fit as a fiddle, it was just a small surgery and I'm all healed now. We should go to the amusement park today," says Carmen as she looks at the dejected little Joey.
"No, we need to make sure that you are healthy and safe, you must stay home and rest today. We will wait until you've rest enough, then only we go to the amusement park, " Ben stands his ground and says.
Carmen is stunned by Ben's imposing manner, his mannerism is very similar to Alex, as the saying goes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.
"All right, I'll listen to you guys," Carmen is content just by staying next to the children, they are loving and caring. But she needs to comfort Joey, "Joey, next time, I promise!"
Aileen walks down the stairs as she hears voices from the living room. However, she doesn't know that it is Carmen, she has regained consciousness and is released from the hospital.
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