Watch Your Son (2)

"Why are you here, Mrs. Rodriguez? You can see that we're busy, right?"

Ari asked Carlos' mom again while doing his best to hide his irritation.

Although he usually didn't care how he spoke to people, especially after they had yelled at him, he didn't want to be rude to the parent of somebody he called a friend.

Carlos's mom looked around incredulously, as if she couldn't believe Ari was speaking to her like this.

"You're quite a rude kid, you know that?"

At the familiar words, Ari couldn't help but laugh.

"You are not the first to tell me that, and you will most likely not be the last. You can see that we're preparing for something, so I'm trying to understand why you're here. Is there a family emergency going on or..." Ari glanced between Mrs. Rodriguez and Gabriella, who subtly shook her head.