RDD 113
"Honey, are you okay?"
I held my wife's hand. We are on the road, going back to the house.
I already convinced Santiago and Waylen that they didn't have to wake up at 3 am anymore. I adjusted our opening time to 8 am. With regard to respecting time.
"I'm fine. You don't have to mind me."
She smiled at me and then glanced at Sophia who was currently babbling like a baby. Sophia was looking out the mirror, babbling "Wow and Yay".
"I see... That's good to hear."
I sensed that my wife, Penelope Castillo, was thinking about something. She was quiet the whole time. She was biting her lips and she was acting tense and nervous.
"Honey, can we talk about what you guys did with my Mom?"
"... I actually want to talk to you about that."
She nodded reluctantly. As I expected, my wife's tension was because of my Mom's influence. I wonder what my Mom did.
Based on what I know about my Mom, she was not the type who would ridicule people. However, she used a different kind of demeaning way.
Mom, I hoped you didn't do something bad this time.
My mother was gentle towards us, her children. But she was brutal towards outsiders.
I hope she didn't treat Penelope like an outsider. She is my wife and she is part of the family. She is now using my surname. We are legally married and bound forever.
The car finally reached the house and the two kids came out excitedly.
"Mommy! Mommy! I want to show Charlotte my baby stwoller!"
"Okay, baby."
Sophia was excited because this was the first time she got a stroller. Kids were still kids. As much as possible, they wanted to brag about their toys to their friends. Well, I believe Sophia's intention was pure.
"Look, Sister Charlotte! My baby stwoller is super cute! Pwaise me! Pwaise me! Muhahaha!"
... Nevermind.
"Wow, Sophia you are very cute in that stroller!"
Charlotte showed up with coloring tools. Furthermore, there were two adults behind her.
"You guys must be the Castillo family. I'm Nicole Estradiol. I'm Charlotte's mother. I work as an Ophthalmologist in Cavite Health Hospital."
"Optalmologist?"
I have no idea what that means. In fact, I was not even sure if I spelled it correctly.
"Honey, Ophthalmologists are doctors who specialized in eye and vision care."
Thankfully, my smart wife was next to me to fill me in with this kind of rare information.
"That's right."
"Nice to meet you, Mrs. Estradiol."
"You can call me Nicole, Hello Mrs. Castillo."
"Then, you can call me Penelope too."
The two women started having conversations. They were feminine and easily got along. Even Sophia and Charlotte were playing peacefully.
They were playing House and Charlotte was the mother while Sophia was the daughter. As of now, Charlotte was cooking with a fake plastic stove... And fed Sophia with food made of air. Pretty practical.
Now, the other adult was a bit quiet.
"Um, you are..?"
I asked the grumpy woman who was glaring around my house for some reason.
"I'm Bantot Estradiol. I'm Charlotte's relative. I'm her Nanny. Now I know the reason why that kid is missing sometimes. She is actually playing in a poor house like this." She snickered right in front of me.
Now that was disrespectful. However, I held back. There was no reason to cause trouble. Although I didn't like this grumpy bitch.
The fact that she was wearing a nice dress and acting high and mighty didn't sit well with me.
"Ah, so you're the Nanny... Nice to meet you."
This was our first meeting but I didn't like her already. Her nose was too high even though she was just a relative.
"Anyway, where's my tea? I can't believe that you will let your guests without any tea."
Bantot muttered, looking down at my household.
"It's fine, there's no reason to make tea. We visited your house without notice. We should be the ones to bring gifts. Thanks for letting my Charlotte play in your house."
Unlike Bantot, Nicole was much easier to talk to. At least she didn't have this arrogant vibe.
"W- Well, we have coffee... What do you think?"
Penelope embarrassingly said. Our family never liked the bitter taste of tea... Although Penelope liked coffee rice but that was a different thing.
"Then, thanks for the hospitality," Nicole said her gratitude.
Penelope went to the kitchen to prepare coffee for them. The coffee we had in the house was already blended, it was called 3-in-1 Nescafe...
Thankfully, Nicole accepted the coffee with no problem. As for Bantot, I didn't care if she scorned her face. She was ugly.
Bantot clicked her tongue when she tasted the poor man's coffee. It seemed that she liked those shitty coffee beans that had to be crushed instead.
In my opinion, a 3-in-1 coffee mix was far better than any kind of coffee. Starbucks can go to hell with their grande-shit.
Well, I was a rich kid too and I was normalized to drink high brand coffee. However, the seven years that I spent with my wife made me realize how immature I was. Every drink, every food, all of them were delicious as long as they can fill our stomachs.
I smiled at my wife who was talking with Nicole. The two were both intelligent and they could speak equally. My wife knew so much more than me in terms of science and math. Heck, she might be more intelligent in History too.
They both giggled and watched Sophia and Charlotte with love. The two little girls continued playing House.
"Roman, what are you doing? Go greet the visitors."
"Okay, Dad."
Roman dropped the Game Boy and greeted Nicole and Bantot.
Bantot just scoffed but Nicole was impressed.
"You have a graceful child. He even bowed like a noble." Nicole was amused.
"Thanks. Roman is actually reading books about how-to-be-a-gentleman."
"Mrs. Estradiol, I apologize for what I said to Charlotte last time. I was immature and hurt her feelings. I promise that I will be a better person."
"Fufu, a person who knows his mistake is a good person. Don't worry, Charlotte already talked about it and she forgave you. She is actually talking about you and Sophia so many times."
"Thanks, Mrs. Estradiol."