Whenever Chelsea came over, she would take fruits that Serena bought for Liberty when leaving and while Liberty was not paying attention.
Using Hank’s words, Chelsea was just like a thief. She liked to return to her family’s house and take things from there.
He did not think much of it in the past since Chelsea was his biological sister. Now that he had changed wives, he thought his sister was too much.
Mr. Brown turned his head and glared at his wife. Mrs. Brown pouted from his stare. She muttered, “Back then, I said we shouldn’t agree to them getting a divorce. I told you not to give her money, but you never listened. If Liberty and Hank didn’t divorce, Serena’s husband wouldn’t have been so cruel for the sake of Sonny even if their relationship had turned sour.”
Their son could have kept his job.
Mr. Brown said angrily, “Do you think they won’t get a divorce just because you disagree? Hank’s attention isn’t on Liberty anymore, and he doesn’t care about Sonny enough. They treated each other like enemies and always quarreled. It’s not good for Sonny’s growth.
“You just want to take advantage and benefit from Serena marrying into a wealthy family. Our family ended up like this because of our own doing.”
Mr. Brown blamed his wife, daughter, and himself. He was the head of the family. If only he had been fairer, things would not have turned out that way.
He knew that Liberty was a more suitable partner, but he never took her side whenever his wife or daughter badmouthed her in front of his son.
He was not a good person either.
Mrs. Brown pouted.
Who would not want to benefit from being associated with Serena?
Even something small from Zack would be enough for an ordinary person to spend for a lifetime.
“We’re here tonight to take Sonny to our place.”
Mr. Brown sternly reminded his wife not o create unnecessary trouble.
They were utterly bored living in their son’s house.
Mr. Brown wanted to return to their old home, but Mrs. Brown refused. She insisted on staying in the city with their son and daughter-in-law.
In Mrs. Brown’s words, her son would not be hers if she returned to her old home. Her son would be under Jessica’s complete control.
Besides, Hank and Jessica had not held their wedding yet. Jessica said only to hold the wedding after their house renovation was done. She would appear more presentable that way.
They were living in a rented house. Jessica’s family would not even have a place to stay if they were to have a wedding before that.
If Mr. and Mrs. Brown could take care of Sonny, they would not be as bored as they were now and could nurture their relationship with Sonny.
After all, Sonny was the Brown family’s only hope of continuing the family line. Jessica was not getting pregnant. They did not even know whether she was fertile or not.
Liberty had vegetarian food. She finished her meal in no time. Seeing her former in-laws whispering to each other, she walked over and took the four bags of fruits her sister and brother-in-law brought to the kitchen.
A few minutes later, she brought out a plate filled with only one type of fruit. She did not prepare the other fruits.
There were also snacks that Serena and Elisa bought for Sonny in the house. Liberty took a few of them and put them on the fruit platter. She placed everything on the coffee table for her former in-laws.
“Liberty, your store’s business must be booming, right?” Mrs. Brown asked as she ate the fruit freely.
“It’s doing fine.”
“You don’t have the time to take care of Sonny because you’re usually busy. Let us take Sonny back to our place. We’re his grandparents. Are you afraid that we’ll mistreat him? Elderlies like us can definitely take good care of a child. Don’t you worry ’bout a thing.” Liberty said calmly, “I spoke to Hank about this before. If Sonny agrees, you can take him away for a short stay. If he’s unwilling, you can’t force him.
“Ever since I divorced Sonny’s dad, I never stopped any of you from visiting Sonny.
“Isn’t maintaining everything as it is now good enough?”
When Liberty had just gotten divorced, she wanted to cut off all communication with her in- laws.
However, her ex-mother-in-law asked around stalking her, and found her current address. She did not expect her former in-laws to regret it and keep looking for her every other day.
“Sonny already said just now that he doesn’t want to go.”
Liberty did not want her son to live with the Brown family.
Jessica was a scary stepmother. Liberty was worried that Sonny would be abused.
“You can persuade Sonny. He’ll agree if you talk to him.”
Liberty looked toward her ex-mother-in-law. Her attitude remained cold. “I respect Sonny’s decision.”
Mrs. Brown was speechless.
In the end, Liberty did not want them to take Sonny away.
After some time, Mrs. Brown said, “Liberty, Sonny’s last name is Brown. His name is Sonny Brown. He’s the Brown family’s grandson. Taking him back to our place is simply a matter ‘ of course.”
“I’m not stopping you guys. I just want you to ask Sonny for his opinion. If he agrees to it, you guys can take him back. If he’s unwilling, I’m fine with you guys coming to visit him every day.
“Stop emphasizing to me that Sonny’s last name is Brown. I can change his last name to Hunt anytime.”
Children taking their mother’s last name was getting common.
“No! Aren’t we having a discussion now, Liberty? You can’t secretly take Sonny to change his last name, okay?”
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were nervous. They were afraid Liberty would change Sonny’s last name.
Although Sonny would still be their grandson even if his last name were Hunt, they still felt their grandson would belong to the Hunt family if he did not have Brown as his last name.
After Serena and Zack were done eating, he said to his wife, “Seren, bring Sonny and sit over there. I’ll collect the dishes.”
Zack would do chores at home, so Serena was used to it. Since Zack told her to bring Sonny to sit on the sofa, she carried Sonny over and sat beside her sister.
After she was seated, three people looked at her.
Her sister and her sister’s former in-laws were staring at her.
Serena was puzzled. “Liberty, why are you guys looking at me like that? Is there food stuck on my face?”
She touched her face, but there was nothing on it.
“Serena, how can you let Mr. York clean up the dishes and do household chores?” Mrs. Brown scolded Serena.
“When a man returns home after working outside for the entire day, you should take care of him properly as his wife. Men will like returning home if you let them feel the warmth of family.”
Serena understood why the three of them stared at her.
She said, “My sister took good care of your son in the past too. Could he not feel the warmth of family? Or did he dislike going back home because he had another woman?”
Mrs. Brown was rendered speechless.
Serena set Sonny aside and gave him a lecture. “Sonny, you should learn from Uncle Zak in the future. He’s what it means to be a good man.”
She added, “My husband’s nana also told me to let my husband do more chores. We own the family together. I’m working too. Why should the wife do all the household chores? Why should the wife be a free housekeeper and serve the whole family?
“Zack and I split the work between ourselves and do household chores together. No one is superior to the other.”
Mr. and Mrs. Brown were speechless.
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