Although Claire knew that it was most probably Dad's idea, she couldn't help feeling disappointed.

Charlie quickly asked, "Dear, where are you going later?"

Claire answered, "I'm going to meet mom's friends and also the beauty salons that they often visited for their facial and spa.'

Jacob hurried and said, "Oh, Claire, I won't go anywhere today. I've invited my friend over for dinner tonight. She wants to cook for us tonight, so I need to get the ingredients ready and clean up our house." 2 Claire asked skeptically, "Dad, didn't you already have lunch with your friend just now? Why do you want to see her again tonight?" s

Jacob cleared his throat and explained, "Lunch is lunch, and we ate at a restaurant. They came all the way from the States, it's our courtesy to invite them over to our place and have a home-cooked meal together. This is a decent way to entertain your friends!" 9

Claire exclaimed in dismay, "Dad, even if you want to entertain your friend, can you please observe the situation first? Mom is missing, how could you still be in the mood to invite your friend to our house? Why can't you wait for mom to come home before you

7 'Better my a*s!' Jacob cursed inside him, 'It is because your mom is missing that I have the courage and the mood to invite my friend over for dinner! Otherwise,

make her feel welcome, and

same age as you and Charlie, he is a lawyer who runs a well-known law firm.

don't think it is so rare! I don't want to meet your friend and her son, I just want to find

immature? It's just dinner! Do you not want to eat dinner if you can't find your mom? I think you're intentionally opposing me!"

as he exclaimed, "She is my old friend!

your mom doesn't come back, this friend of mine will

dear, Aunt Hall is dad's old collegemate, it is not wrong for him to want to make his friend feel

mom, let dad manage his friend, the ingredients for dinner, and whatever he wants to do. Aunt Hall will come later to cook, so we'll come back for dinner directly after searching for mom. We can go out again for our search mission after dinner. Then, it won't take up

intrusive and didn't know how to ease the

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