8 Entrustment
1062 Words
Emily doesn't react when she hears her children say this. Even though she had left her children here, she did not expect Lola to care for her children these past two days. After all, she is completely unreliable.
Emily couldn't count the unreliable things she did while they grew up together. She would not have left her children with Lola without another way out.
"Did you get along with Aunt Lola during these two days?" Emily asked her children.
"Aunt Lola is very weird, Mom. In the last two days, she has purchased numerous princess gowns. She gazed at the skirts, then at me, her eyes twinkling," Mia complained.
Emily was well aware that Lola would do something like this. When she got pregnant, she was excited. At the time, she even stated that if the child were a boy, she would purchase a tiny pink shirt with sequins.
"Aunt Lola was just trying to do something nice for the two of you; she doesn't mean any harm, okay."
"I know she can be a handful, but she adores the two of you."
"I know, Mommy, but one day when she has her own children, I feel sorry for them. Their mommy is going to be the weird lady," Mark says, shaking his head, and Mia nods in agreement.
Emily knew she taught her children always to tell the truth, but she didn't think they would be this honest.
"Be nice. Aunt Lola took care of me before you were born, and what if she gets a beautiful daughter someday, and you end up dating her?" Emily asked Mark, although she was only teasing.
Emily smiles as she thinks about a little girl who looks exactly like Lola. She would be just as beautiful as Lola since Lola has the face to become a model.
"Mommy, you can't just look at her face. What if she is like Aunt Lola? Are you sure you want me to date her?"
Emily thought for a moment and thought it seemed cute.
When Mark looked at his mother's expression, he felt his future was doomed, and his mother didn't look very reliable in picking someone for him.
"That was not very nice to say, young man. Remember, it's someone's heart that counts, and Aunt Lola has a good heart."
"Forget it, I hope Aunt Lola can give birth to a boy, and maybe he can date Mia," Mark exclaimed. He wouldn't want a girlfriend, not even Aunt Lola's daughter.
Mia didn't pay attention to what her mother and brother were talking about, but she paid attention when she heard her name.
"If boys like Aunt Lola, they should be very popular with the girls. Then Mia will have a lot of competition," Emily winks. She loves to tease her children.
"It doesn't matter, Mommy. I don't like little kids, and I've promised Stone to marry him when we are all grown up."
Emily wanted to laugh at her daughter. Stone is a boy in her class in China, where she lived for the past few years. The two of them made a pack before they left China. Emily and Stone's parents thought it was the cutest thing.
Mark rolls his eyes secretly, and Emily catches him and hits him.
"You can't roll your eyes at your sister like this."
"I am sorry, Mommy." Mark has never really set a foot wrong in front of his mother.
Seeing that her son admitted his mistake, Emily stopped saying anything more. Seeing that Lola had not returned at dinner, Emily had to cook. She opened her refrigerator and found no food, only leftover takeout, and drinks.
"What have you both eaten these two days?"
"Aunt Lola made breakfast. For lunch and dinner, she ordered takeaways, but she said that the takeaways she ordered were nutritious and healthy."
Emily glanced at what was left in the refrigerator. She decided to order vegetables and meat online.
The delivery man was quick, and Emily cooked a feast for the four of them, intending to let Lola experience normal human food.
When Lola came back, Emily was busy in the kitchen. As soon as she opened the door, she smelled the aroma of food and saw the two children sitting quietly in the living room, playing with toys.
"Is this home-cooked food I smell?"
"I put my son and daughter under your care, and you only order takeout daily. Don't tell me for five years; you still haven't learned to cook."
"What is the use of learning how to cook if I only cook for myself? Besides, do you know how much effort and time it takes to cook for one person?."
Emily knew she got a point. It's a waste of time to cook for one person twice daily.
"I guess I'm lucky you decided to cook for us tonight. My readers are important; that is why I order healthy takeaways. Besides, I don't have time to cook a three-course meal and do my writing. Maybe someday, when I have my own family, I will start cooking," Lola explained.
Emily knows how lazy Lola is when it comes to cooking; that is the only reason she always orders takeaways, but in the end, she took care of her children these past two days.
"Okay, we can go and sit while we wait for the dinner to be ready."
After Lola was pushed out, she started playing with the two children on the floor. Although the two children disliked her, they played with Lola.
"I'm going to ask you a question, but the two of you should answer honestly, is the meals cooked by your mother better, or are the takeaways I order better?"
Lola doesn't think Emily's cooking can be better than takeaways.
"Nothing beats mom's food," Mark replied with a grin.
"No, I think takeaways are better than mom's cooking."
Lola said, and she decided to make a bet with these two.
"Here is the deal: if Mom's food is better than the takeaways IN order, then I won't tell your mother for the next few days if you misbehave, but if the takeaways beat your mother's food, then I will report to her every hour."
The kids look at each other before agreeing to the deal Lola has just made. They knew their mother's food would win by far.
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