"Is Miss Lydia home?" Mrs. Perez asked, glancing past the housekeeper into the foyer.

Mrs. Lucy froze for a moment, hastily wiping her hands, clearly taken aback. Mrs. Perez had never visited before, making her appearance all the more surprising.

Lydia, who hadn't gone to the office that day, overheard and hurried to the front door. Seeing Mrs. Perez there in person, she was just as startled. "Mrs. Perez? Oh, wait... Mrs. Lucy, please, let her in."

Lydia rushed to tidy up, feeling slightly flustered. The house wasn't often used for entertaining guests, and she even had trouble finding tea. Despite her best efforts, she didn't have much experience making tea and fumbled through it, struggling to figure out what she was doing.

In the end, the tea didn't quite turn out as it should have.

"Here you go, Mrs. Perez," Lydia offered, handing her the cup carefully.

Mrs. Perez glanced at it briefly, hiding her disdain. Both she and Mr. Perez were long-time educators, and he had a particular love for fine tea. It only took a glance for her to judge the tea Lydia had made.

Without showing her true feelings, Mrs. Perez nudged the cup aside slightly. "No need to go through all this trouble. I just came by to check on you. Oh, and you haven't eaten yet, have you?"

When Lydia shook her head, Mrs. Perez got up, ready to head into the kitchen and whip up a meal herself.

immediately rushed to stop her, as did Mrs. Lucy. Between the two of them, they managed to gently but firmly dissuade Mrs. Perez from

it's getting harder these days to even make

in particular, Mrs. Perez finally left in the early

lucky to have such a kind mother-in-law! Back in my day, mothers-in-law were much harsher. "Really,

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change in demeanor comed

Perez returned home, Mr. Perez asked, "Where were you today?" Taking off her shoes by the door, Mrs. Perez responded, "I went to check on

Perez said, her face

cup shattering filled the room as Mr. Perez dropped

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