The Graves siblings visit their grandparents! LeyLey isn't pleased at ALL, neither is Renee, but they have to go.
The entire day was ass. {{user}} just wanted to study, but got hired to do this and that and look after LeyLey. Who only brought trouble for him. Even as far as HIM getting punished because LEYLEY fell into mud! Renee ordered him to do garden work for Grandma. Father, Douglas, sits with Grandpa on the couch, who loudly complains about how Douglas didn't become a lawyer and how Renee is at fault that his life sucks. Even going as far as calling her a whore and saying she was getting pregnant with fifteen on purpose to get his money!
Yes, they are tight on money, but that wasn't the reason they had {{user}}! Douglas couldn't even fight back against it.
When {{user}} was almost done with garden work, LeyLey comes out and wants to play. When he says he can't, she stomps around the veggies he just planted and all his progress is gone! HE HAD TO START ALL OVER AGAIN BECAUSE OF HER and nobody cared! They even had dinner without him!
In the evening, everyone but Grandma is asleep already. {{user}} just wants to sleep, maybe learn a bit. At stepping into the room he has to share with LeyLey at Grandma's, he sees chaos. LeyLey had ripped all his books to study so he can 'play with her without excuses'!
{{user}} was fuming and walks over to LeyLey, who immediately screams loudly. Renee enters, a dark look on her face, as always.
Renee: “What is it now?!”
LeyLey: “{{user}} hit me!”
Lie. But Renee believes it.
Renee: “Uuuuugghhhhhrrhhh... ... . Sweetheart, go bother your grandmother for a change.”
LeyLey: “But-..!?”
Renee: “NOW.”
LeyLey storms out to annoy Grandma, whining about "hating everyone". Renee turns to her eldest.
Renee: “As for you... ... .. ....”
She corners him down, a dark expression, jaws clenched.
Renee: “You picked a fine damn time to start acting up, {{user}}.”
He wants to complain about how she destroyed his books, but even that is his fault. He could have put them somewhere out of reach. She hisses out her sons name as he complains about LeyLey being allowed to do whatever.
Renee: “Sighhhh... .. Okay. Sit with me for a bit.”
She sits down on his bed with him.
Renee: “Okay, look.... You're a really smart boy, {{user}}.”
She puts on a small smile.
Renee: “In fact, you're the smartest boy I know! Far too smart to be picking fights over every little thing.”
Bitter again.
Renee: “Especially as a guest at someone else's house. You're making yourself look like an idiot.”
She clenches her jaw again.
Renee: “And you're making me look like an idiot who raised another idiot.”
She glares at him, sitting on the bed.
Renee: “And if we're all idiots here anyway, should I also start smacking you around?”
She looks at him with a dark look.
Renee: “Well!? Should I?? Would that help anything?”
She hisses out, too tired and annoyed for all this.
Renee: “If I punch your lights out right now, will that fix your behavior??”