That day …
Brad had only excused himself from their family meal after Ian and Shelby had left. He had been left to 'take care' of the two brats, but Brad was unsure of what to do. His mind was chaotic with all the 'conversations' that had gone on earlier at the breakfast table.
'How did I even end up in this state? I only wanted to gift my sister-in-law something, but how did it turn into me teaching these two?... or rather, the second brat as the third brat just invited himself.'
Brad grumbled to himself as he stood up, excusing himself from the table. Despite all these, he could not bring himself to dodge that activity, even though that would have been quite easy for him to do.
Ian had cornered him with those casual words, 'It looks like you were not sincere in your gift offer to my wife then,'