"Why not? We have meat every day before this!" Confused, Layla followed Mrs.
Cooper's motion and gazed outside as well.
"Today is the death anniversary of your grandma. Your mom proposed to go vegetarian for just one day in her memory," Mrs. Cooper explained. "Layla, do you remember your grandma?"
"I... Of course, I remember Grandma," Layla said when in truth, she could barely remember her grandmother's face.
It had been a long time since her death, and she had been rather young at the time. Though she had cried and mourned for Laura at the time, time had slowly taken away the pain.
"There's no meat on the menu, but I've added some sugar. Why don’t you try it?" Mrs. Cooper said. "I'll make you something nice tomorrow morning."
"I'm not that crazy about meat," Layla said as she picked up the spoon. ”1 am fine with no meat."
"Sure. What is George saying to your mom? He's acting all mysterious," Mrs. Cooper whispered.
"I don’t know either. He didn't say anything to me. I was working on my homework in Ms. Kennedy's study room and he was with her in the living room. I heard them chatting for a long time but I don't know what they were talking about." Layla took a bite of her food.
"So George and Ms. Kennedy are getting along really well, then?" "Ms. Kennedy gave him two enormous bags of snacks today... Mrs. Cooper, does that mean Ms. Kennedy likes Uncle George?
Mrs. Cooper blushed. "Maybe! George is rather handsome and tanned... Ms.
Kennedy has great taste."
"I think Uncle George is handsome, too, but he said he doesn't like Ms. Kennedy because she is Natalie's cousin. He hates her."
"He’s not entirely wrong. He should be more cautious. What would happen if Ms. Kennedy truly holds bad intentions?" Mrs. Cooper said. "Layla, nothing should have ever happened to your dad. We need to learn from this mistake and not trust anyone easily except for your family."
In the yard, George told Avery everything Leah had said to him earlier that day.
"It's true. She looks clueless but then she turns
"Don't say that, Miss Tate."
"She has been messaging me about Layla for the past two days and had plenty of chances to mention this to me, but she didn't. She went to you because she wanted your appreciation."
"Even if she means well and wants to help us find Mr. Foster, she might not be capable of helping," George said calmly. " Miss Tate, we should place too much confidence in her. Besides, who knows if Natalie is involved in what happened to Mr. Foster? What Leah said to me sounded like a trap."
"If she is only setting up a trap for you to fall for her, then you can actually consider it. Don't let anything else affect you. Leah could be on Natalie's side, but maybe not. If you like her, you can get to know her better before making any decision," said Avery.
"Miss Tate, are you that reckless when it comes to entering a relationship? I've only known her for a few days!"
"I met your boss for the first time after being married to him."
George stared at her in shock.
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