“Uhh… Because Xante’s with me now?” Sunny replied.


    Corinne had a rough idea of what was going on. “Pass her the phone!”


    Sunny stayed silent for a moment. “I’m sorry, but she’s busy right now. I’ll visit you and the children at


    the Holdens tomorrow. Can we talk then?”


    Corinne pursed her lips when he ended the call. ‘That little brat!’


    “Mommy…” Joey’s voice suddenly came from behind her.


    Corinne put her phone away and turned, only to see Joeying in with a worried look. “What’s


    wrong, Joey?”


    Joey frowned and said, “Mommy, Bryan and Christine are fighting! I couldn’t stop them, but Aunt


    Francine was teaching them a lesson right now. Please break up their fight, Mommy…”


    Bryan and Christine are fighting?’ Corinne found that highly unusual. Bryan and Christine were twins


    who never fought before, so what gives?’


    “Where are they now?” Corinne inquired.


    Joey took his mother’s hand and replied, “In Aunt Francine’s room. She’s scolding them right now!


    Hurry up, Mommy! They might cry if Aunt


    Francine keeps scolding them…”


    With Joey leading the way, Corinne followed him to Francine’s room with a sense of perplexity.


    Inside Francine’s room, Bryan and Christine stood with arms crossed. They looked grumpy and refused


    to acknowledge each other’s presence.


    Meanwhile, Francine ced her hands on her hips while lecturing them.” How could you hit each other


    so hard when you’re both siblings? I won’t tell your mother if you make up with each other now.”


    ‘Bryan’ and Christine let out a ‘hmph’ at the same time.


    Francine huffed and said, “And what’s that supposed to mean? It’s unbing of you two to hurt your


    sibling! You’re both going to get it handed to you! I’m going to tell your mother and have her teach you


    a good lesson!”


    The two kids became scared as soon as they heard that Francine was going to tell on them. They


    reached out at almost the same time to grab Francine’s clothes. “Aunt Francine, please don’t tell


    Mommy…” they said in unison.


    Francine took that as a positive sign. After all, they would run amok if they had no one to fear!


    “Toote,” Corinne’s voice resounded through the room all of a sudden.


    ‘Bryan’ and Christine simultaneously froze and turned to look at Corinne.’ When did Mommy arrive?’


    As soon as Francine saw her sister-inw’s stern expression, she knew something was amiss and


    rushed to the defense of her nephew and niece.” Don’t get angry, Corinne! I’ve given them a stern


    telling off on your behalf.”


    She then nodded subtly to the kids to get them to show some remorse.” You’ve learned your lesson,


    haven’t you?”? 2024 N?v/el/Dram/a.Org.


    After receiving that hint from Francine, they pretended to admit their wrongs even though they were still


    angry at each other.


    ‘Bryan’ and Christine both said, “We’re sorry, Mommy!”


    Corinne narrowed her eyes as she examined them. What she thought was a minor squabble between


    siblings had resulted in a rather serious altercation. There were visible signs of a physical altercation-


    Bryan had three scratches on his face, while Christine’s left eye was swollen.


    “You two,e with me,” said Corinne.


    Though her words did not seem to show any emotion, both children shuddered in response.