"Why are you yelling like that?"Pauline asked Cloe ,she found her yelling the moment she got into their house,"I don't know what I should do with these kids anymore , they don't listen or respect me anymore ,"Cloe replied,she looked at Beatrice and felt her giving her a good beating.
"What happened ?"Pauline asked ,she looked at Cloe and noticed that she was very angry , Beatrice was also angry,"it's Beatrice , they are having a parent's day at school , I want to attend but she on the other hand. wants her father to attend ,I don't know what good she sees from that man,"Cloe said.
"Beatrice dear , come and give grandmother a hug,"Pauline said and opened her arms , Beatrice walked towards Pauline and hugged her,she finally smiled , Cloe saw the smile when Pauline and Beatrice broke the hug but didn't say anything.
The three of them sat down "why don't you want your mother to come to school for the parents day?"Pauline asked Beatrice after she sat down comfortably,placed her handbag down and looked at Beatrice.
"Grandma ,you know very well how mother is ,the last time she went to school for the parents' day, I ended up becoming the laughing stock of the whole school for the whole semester, every time I remember that I end up having a headache ,"Beatrice said ,she held her head ,she felt like a headache was approaching her.
Pauline didn't know whether to laugh or cry at how Beatrice was acting , she decided to laugh but she stopped herself when she saw how Cloe was looking at her.
"I promised you earlier that I will behave myself , why don't you believe me?"Cloe asked ,she was avoiding eye contact with Pauline , she was fully aware that she was trying very hard to stop herself from laughing but Cloe wouldn't see anything funny.
"That is what you always say ,I don't want to believe you and end up being disappointed,"Beatrice replied , Pauline looked at the both of them and didn't know what to say ,she watched the mother and daughter duo exchanging words.
"I don't know why we are even arguing ,the teacher said it's a parent day ,am your parent ,you can't stop me from going to your school,"Cloe said to her daughter ,she wanted to leave when she noticed that Beatrice had something to say ,she stopped and waited to hear what she had to say.
"You can go to school and take my place because I won't be coming,"Beatrice said ,"what do you mean you would be coming ,what will I be doing in the school if you won't be there?"Cloe asked.
"John is also you son ,he would be there so my absence won't matter,"Beatrice said ,"she isn't my mother,"John who was just coming in side , the there of them turned and looked at him ,I didn't mean that , I simply meant that I don't want her to go to school for the parents' day ,"John corrected himself.
Cloe looked at her kids and do know whether to laugh or cry , did someone get her kids exchanged after she gave birth to them,"why do I think that the two of you have found a new mother ,"Cloe said looking at both of her kids ,"we found a new dad ,why can't we find a new mother ?"John asked.
"What did you say , John, come up again please!"Cloe said , John was suprised ,he thought that he was only thinking , he didn't realize that he was speaking loudly enough for them to hear what he was saying.
"Am sorry mother ,I thought I was saying that to myself, I didn't realize that I was loud enough for your to hear what I was saying,"John replied , Cloe looked at her son is disbelief ,so that what has been in his mind from the day she remarried.
"The both of you are exactly the same ,you turning against me and I don't know why ,I don't think that you love me anymore,"Cloe said,"of course we love you mother,"John said , Cloe was happy after she heard what her son had said ,a smile appeared on her face but it disappeared as quickly as it have appeared that she heard what her son said next.
"I don't hate you mother but I hate the person in you that's enjoys creating trouble,"John continued , Cloe say down dejected , she didn't have strength to continue standing.
"Beatrice , John ,why don't your mother and I come to the school together for the parents' day?"Pauline decided to intervene,"no!"Beatrice and John replied in unison, Pauline was suprised ,she didn't remember seeing a children acting like the way Beatrice and John were acting.
She wouldn't blame them,she has known Cloe for a short period of time but she knew that she could never get along with her if she didn't change her attitude, she didn't know what else to do or say.
All of them kept quiet , they were all in deep thoughts ,the silence was very akward but nevertheless no one said anything , Stephen and Stephanie arrived and met the silence , they looked at each other and then looked at the four people in the living room.
Something was definitely amiss, "what happened ,why are you guys so queit?"Stephen asked , expect for the orphanage ,his mother and his wife couldn't be in the same place at the same time and the place be quite as it was now unless there was something wrong.
"Why ,is be silent a crime?"Pauline asked him ,"of course not mother ,I asked out of curiosity,"Stephen replied, Beatrice decided to leave ,she stood up but her mother stopped her even before she was able to move a step.
"Where are you doing ,we aren't done yet,go back and sit ,you and your brother aren't going anywhere before we come to an agreement, do the two of you understand me?"Cloe asked calmly ,she didn't want to yell and end up being scolded by her husband later.
Even if he didn't scold her infront of the kids ,she disliked it whenever he scolded her , Beatrice looked at her for a moment before going back to her sit. Stephen and Stephanie also sat down , they were curious to know what was going on and what agreement Cloe , Beatrice and John had to come up with.
"I will get going if you don't have anything to say ,I still has homework that am not done with yet ,"Beatrice said and attempted to stand up,"I still have something to say ,you aren't allowed to leave until I say what I want to say ,"Cloe replied.
"Go ahead then ,"Beatrice said and looked at her mother ,"