Lina always wondered why her grandfather despised her mother, Evelyn. It had happened for as long as Lina could remember. Her mother had been the epitome of a filial daughter-in-law, doing everything she could to please the in-laws, but nothing in this world worked.
When Lina was a child, she had asked her grandfather, and he simply told her it was "adult business." Now, when she was an adult, he'd tell her it was "private business."
Lost in thought, Lina felt a buzz in her pockets. She pulled it out to see another text from Isabelle.
[Isabelle: I'm on my way to the mall, are you coming?]
[Lina: Coming!]
[Isabelle: Hehe, from what?]
Lina rolled her eyes at Isabelle's comments. With the way they spoke to each other, one would think they were in a relationship.
"Are you going shopping with your friends?" Lawrence asked, shifting his attention from her phone to his granddaughter.
"Yep," Lina said.
