Accident.

"She dozed off after dinner," Vivian told Arthur as he carried Rose out of the couch.

"Thank you for taking care of her," Arthur said.

He gently placed Rose on his lap closing the door to his car. The driver drove off instantly.

"It's almost like Rose is another baby to Arthur "Vivian's mother exclaimed.

"So in total Arthur has four babies to take care of " Vivian laughed.

They watched Arthur's car disappear.

Sean and Irene decided to go see his parents. He had been avoiding them especially his mother.

"Dad " he called his father when they arrived.

"Son," a voice said. Sean's father walked in with a smile, his face brightened more when he saw who was with his son.

"Beautiful " he smiled hugging her.

"Father " she laughed.

He held her hand leading them to the living room.

"Has my son been treating you well?" he asked.

Irene frowned, " He missed dinner twice," she said in a sad voice.

"What you missed dinner twice " his father turned to Sean.

"Love but I thought I apologized already" Sean cried out.

Irene smiled as she added, " He tried to hit me cause I scolded him about it "

Sean's father got up with a frown, " Now that is unacceptable, how dare you "

Sean moved back, " Dad please, believe me, I never did such a thing " he defended himself.

But his father didn't listen and scolded him instead.

Irene fell back and laughed watching the two men chatter.

"Dinner is ready you two " a female voice announced.

Irene turned to see Sean's mother with a smile on her face, she looked happy to see Sean home.

Sean and his father fell silent and nodded back at her.

"Love let's go " Sean offered his hand to Irene. She took it and got up following Sean to the dining area.

"I hope you like my mother's cooking, she is the best " Sean told Irene.

"Better than me?" Irene whispered.

"No one is better than you, Love " he whispered back, bringing a smile on her face.

The dining table was filled with food, it's almost looked like a feast.

Sean was ready to pull a seat for Irene when he heard another voice.

"Sean, long time "

Not expecting another guest, Sean, and Irene were caught off guard.

His father looked at them both and sighed, "Your mother invited an old friend of yours too"

"Marie Claire" Irene murmured giving her a lookup and down. She was dressed to please. Her face was filled with heavy makeup which in turn made her look like a dead body.

"And what are you doing here?" Sean asked.

She smiled, " Didn't you hear what father said, mother invited me "

Sean's mother looked up and gleamed.

"She wanted to see you so I invited her "

Sean felt his insides turn in anger, his mother was at it again. And this time even made sure Irene was around to see it.

"Dad, I think we won't be joining you for dinner tonight " Sean apologized to his father.

"But son..?" his father retorted.

Irene pulled Sean's hand pushing him down into the seat.

"No need for that love, mother made a lot of food it would impolite, " Irene said giving Sean a dangerous glare.

He fell silent and sat down, Irene joined him again.

Marie Claire had kept her eyes on Sean who seemed occupied with feeding Irene. His father too made sure Irene had her plate food and was eating.

"If you both keep doing that you will turn her into a glutton," Sean's mother said.

"Aren't you worried about your body weight?" Marie Claire commented.

Irene laughed, " Not really and since it, father feeding me, am okay with it "

Sean poked her, " Hi, I was doing it too " he frowned.

"You always do but since the father is doing it now, I have to praise him first " she let out.

Sean's father burst into laughter. Irene joined him which made Sean frown even more. His mother and Marie decided to keep silent.

After dinner, Marie Claire followed Sean's mother upstairs leaving Sean and Irene with his father.

"Excuse me, father " Irene left after.

Sean gave his father a questioning glare.

"Don't look at me that way, it was your mother's idea to invite that girl " he said.

"And why didn't you tell me beforehand?"

"Your mother made me promise not to tell you anything "

Sean knew his mother's intentions of inviting Marie Claire on the same day as their dinner with his family.

He wanted to announce his engagement to Irene but since his mother still opposed them thus doing this.

"Dad, I wanted to officially introduce Irene to you guys as my fiance "

His father smiled, " But you still can, I could not ignore the ring on her figure earlier "

They heard Irene return and fell silent.

Irene came in holding a tray that had cups of steaming tea.

"Made some tea " she smiled setting down the tray.

She served one to Sean's father who gladly took it.

"You are just perfect," he said taking his cup.

Sean's mother who was coming downstairs with Marie found Irene serving tea to Sean.

"Love it's hot, be careful," she said.

"Am not a baby, I know it's hot "Sean forked.

But Sean still carelessly took the tea and burnt his lips.

" See I told you " Irene laughed.

Sean's mother walked in, " I see tea is being served " she let out.

Irene looked up with a smile, " I made some for you both too "

"You made it?"

"Yes, here us yours" Irene served her the tea.

With everyone watching Sean's mother let the cup go which directly poured all the steaming hot tea on Irene's hand and lap.

She cried in pain getting up from her seat. Sean and his father ran to her instantly.

Her right hand was already red and swollen when Sean rushed her to the kitchen sink.

"What is wrong with you?" Sean heard his father asked his wife.

"Am sorry my hands just slipped " she lied.

Sean looked at the swollen hand with anger in his eyes.

Irene couldn't hold back her tears anymore and cried in pain.

"This is no good, let's go to the hospital," he said.

His father walked in to see Sean led Irene out.

"Is it serious son?" he asked.

Sean turned to his father, " We are heading to the hospital " he said and walked away.

His father turned to his wife with cold angry eyes, " See what you have done?" he said.

Sean was starting the car when his father walked out holding Irene's handbag and their coats. Passing them to Sean he said, " Call me "

"I will, but am never coming back here," Sean said and drove off.