"Hello! grandmother,"Stephanie said after receiving her grandmother's call,"don't tell me that you haven't woken up?"Pauline asked her granddaughter ,"it's still very early, grandmother, let me sleep for a little while, will you please?"Stephanie pleaded with her grandmother.
"You are really acting like a spoiled brat,if you father knows about this he will beat you up and scold me for sure,"Pauline said, she wouldn't even want to think of how her son would react if he got to know that his daughter was pleading with her to let her sleep for some more time.
"Stephanie, I don't care if you sleep anymore or you wake up or you continue sleeping,I just wanted to let you know that your grandfather and I have already finished your birthday party preparations, we wanted to go to the mall,are you going with us or have you already bought your birthday gown?"Pauline asked her.
"Grandmother, don't go yet, wait for me,I will be there in a few minutes, don't go to the mall without me,"Stephanie said and hung up the phone without waiting for her grandmother's reply.
Pauline and Patrick laughed at their grandchild, they could imagine what she was doing, she jumped out of the bed and rushed to the bathroom to take a shower, they knew her so well.
Stephanie did as her grandparents thought, she jumped out of the bed and ran to the bathroom to take a shower hurriedly,she couldn't let her grandparents go to the mall without her.
Stephanie finished taking her shower,she dressed a simple white doted dress and wore flat shoes took her phone and left, Stephen,Cloe ,Beartice and John were having breakfast when Stephanie walked down the stairs.
"Stephanie, I thought you won't be waking up soon, I will ask the butler to add some cutlery for you,"Stephen suggested,"there's no need dad, I will have breakfast at grandfather's ,"she informed her father.
"You really love your grandparents, don't you?"Cloe asked, Stephanie knew that Cloe was looking for trouble, Stephanie wasn't a coward she wasn't going to run away, she would make for trouble for Cloe,"Mother, please!"John called his mother and gave her a look that said' don't start with your troublemaking this early' but Cloe pretended that she hasn't seen her son's look.
"We are a family,we should be having our meals together, don't you agree Stephanie?"Cloe asked,"grandfather and grandmother are also my family besides I had dinner with you guys yesterday, there isn't something wrong with me having breakfast at their place,"Stephanie replied to Cloe.
Stephanie attempted to walk away when Cloe called her,"what's it's now?"she asked sounding annoyed, she didn't understand why Cloe always wanted to annoy her.
"You are really rude, would you address or talk to your mother the same way you are talking to me?"Cloe asked,"mother?"Beatrice asked her mother, she was being unreasonable,this was the same reason why she was divorced by their father.
Stephanie knew what Close wanted to do , she was using her dead mother to depress her , but she was Stephanie who has been raised by her father and grandparents,"you really are something,do you really think that I will get sad just because you mentioned my mother, for your information, I don't have any memories of my mother, don't you know that she died the moment I was born, bringing her in our conversation won't affect me,"Stephanie yelled.
Cloe had planned to annoy Stephanie but what she didn't expect was to annoy her husband instead,all this while, when she and Stephanie were arguing he was silent,Cloe thought that he was disappointed with his daughter for yelling at her, she didn't expect that her will be disappointed in her instead.
"This is the last time that I will listen to you using my dead wife against my daughter, don't you understand?"Stephen yelled, everyone was shocked by his sudden outburst,"I didn't expect you to stoop that low,"Stephen continued.
"Stephen , don't spoil your daughter so much,"Cloe advised,"mother, thanks to you I have lost my appetite,I going back to my room,"John said, he didn't hesitate,he immediately went to his room,"I have also lost my appetite, mother you can have my share, daddy excuse am going back to my room,"Beatrice said,her concentration towards Stephen,it was like Cloe didn't exist,"go ahead dear, make sure to ask the chef to prepare some food for you and your brother later , you two barely touched your food,"Stephen told Beatrice,"surely daddy,"she said and attempted to leave when Stephanie called her.
"Beatrice ,why don't you go with me to the grandfather's?"Stephanie asked,Cloe wanted to refuse but Beatrice talked before her,"sure Stephanie,wait I will ask John if he will join us,"Beatrice said.
"Ok ask him i will call grandmother so that they can wait for us,"Stephanie said, Beatrice rushed to John's room to inform him,he immediately agreed, staying at home was really boring especially with her mother around.
Beatrice and her younger brother prepared themselves and went to join Stephanie but theirs mother tried to stop them,"don't go there,am very surely that you will get disappointed,"she tried to warn here children.
"Mother,I think it's high time Beatrice and I start getting to know our grandparents,am going ,if you want to stop someone go ahead and stop Beatrice,as for me I going,no more no less no more,"John told his mother.
"You are telling her to stop me,I can't believe that you are my brother, she can stop herself,elder sister, let's get going,"Beatrice said, the three of them left immediately and left Cloe talking to herself.
"What did Beatrice call Stephanie,elder sister, when did she start calling addressing her as elder sister?"Cloe asked herself,"my own kids are going against me what should I do about that?"she continued talking to herself, she wasn't aware that Stephen heard everything she said.
"That's what you get for being a trouble maker,"Stephen told her,"why are you eavesdropping?"Cloe asked him,"me eavesdropping, you are the one that made your thoughts louder, don't try to accuse me of eavesdropping, don't disturb me, I will continue eating,"Stephen said, he was serious,he continued eating.
Cloe was shocked by Stephen everyone else has lost their appetite but he was still eating,"you still have your appetite?"she asked him but Stephen ignored her.