A Comeback?

Emily gulped down her meal like she hadn't eaten in days. She had her eyes fixed on her phone, while her hands and mouth worked on the plate of food.

"Hey Em..." Dylan called out as he walked to the dining room. She turned to his direction and smiled.

"Hi Dylan, welcome home" she replied.

"Thank you. How was school today?" "Boring as always"

"Where's Cyrus?" Dylan asked.

"He's here...!" Cyrus interrupted, as he walked towards them, smiling.

"Brother!" Emily exclaimed joyfully as she ran to hug him. Dylan rested his back on the kitchen table, smiling at them.

"You didn't react this way when I got back Emily." He said, and Emily laughed.

"If jealousy were a person" Cyrus mouthed, staring at Dylan. They all laughed.

"Man, I'm starving" Dylan soliloquized as he scanned the content of the refrigerator with his eyes.

"Where's Archer?" Cyrus immediately asked, and Emily reacted by rolling her eyes.

"I don't know" Dylan shrugged.

At that moment, Archer walked in from the back door hastily.

"Good evening, and welcome everyone. I'm sorry I need to ..."

"...need to do what? Why haven't you prepared anything for dinner?" Cyrus cut in, frowning at Archer.

"I can't..."

"...you can't cook?" Cyrus cut in again as he walked to Archer.

"My siblings and I haven't had anything to eat, and you couldn't do anything about it? What are you being paid for?"

Cyrus bombarded, while Emily kept calling out his name silently.

"All you poor people are the same! Whenever you get the chance, you try to take advantage of opportunities. I'm sure your mom knew how wretched you would be, and that's why she decided to leave after giving birth." Cyrus blurted.

"Okay, that's enough!" Archer yelled holding up his right hand.

His eyes were closed, and his head tilted slightly to the left side.