Hearing her snap at the manager to open the gate, "Sorry, Ma'am, this is not a charity business; the orders were only for paying customers."
"I am going to meet Dad," Shantel said."
"I guess, I don't have any choice but to do the same," Julien replied.
Meg and Lance took their child, Carol and got in a taxi. Hearing Tony say, "Come, honey, let's go?"
"But where, Tony? We don't have any place?"
"Meg is going to Lance's parents, so we should do the same?"
"But your parents don't like me, Tony."
"Well, you could either stand her and gripe until your face turns blue or humble yourself and follow me, but right now, I am taking Sally and going home to Mom."
Watching them leave, only Aunty was outside with our wives and children. Reading the letter, Curtis said, "Sid, can I see your letter?" Taking it, "Look here, Sid, what do you see?"
"Is it true that she left the old house for us?"
"Yes, I believe so, and we don't have to worry, the surroundings are well-maintained. How about we take a room here tonight, and tomorrow we go and clean up the old place, it's big enough for both of us. You can use half for your family, and I will use the other for mine."
"I think that's a good idea, Curtis, and we could make whatever renovations and alterations to accommodate our families ."
When Aunty came, "What are the two of you plotting?"
Sid said, "Do we have any choice, Aunty? I told you not to call Torren a lunatic, but you had to open your big mouth. Now we are all homeless, no thanks to you."
When Curtis said, "We decided to rent a room for the night here, Aunty, and tomorrow we could deal with the problem of where we are going to live?
Right now, my family needs to rest," asking the young lady to arrange a room for him.
Then Sid said, "I will also take a room, please."
"How long will you all need the room for, Sir?"
"Just for the night, please," Curtis said.
Sid looked on as Aunty Joan left when he and Curtis collected the keys. Having no choice as we enter the premises, we explain to our wife what Shawney did.
"We must be grateful that Shawney still thinks about us and leave the old house, we can't spend as before, but we have somewhere to live," Curtis suggested.
"I agree, Curtis," Sid said, "If we didn't side with Aunty Joan, everything would have been all right."
When Maria said, "You two should have remembered when Uncle Ken warned you. He is the only one happy with Shawney's decision, but after what Aunty Joan did to her at Torren place, I give her right."
"Are you siding with her, Maria?" Sid asks. "
"Do I have any choice? She took most of her shares and distributed it equaly among us willingly. She also gave Aunty twenty-five per cent, then left her home because of Aunty Joan's constant humiliation. Yet Aunty was never happy with anything she did. All she wanted to do was embarrass Shawney publicly, now look at us?"
"I don't quite get it," Curtis said.
Hearing her laugh, "Now look at who is a public spectacle, I still think about Shawney's beautiful gown being soiled, all because Aunty Joan envies her and wanted to take revenge. Aunty was lucky it was Shawney she kicks, if she had done that to me, I would have done her worse than what Shawney did to her."
"Maria, my God, what has gotten over you, and why are you saying that? Aunty Joan is our elder." Sid responds.
"I know that big brother-in-law, but you two supported her nonsense; Shawney was right, she should behave like an elder and not like a jealous lover, disagreeing with everything Shawney does."
Curtis sees Maria smile when she said, "Shawney had to be really angry to lash out at Aunty. But thinking about it now, when Aunty tried to slap her, she just stood there. Do you think Shawney has fallen in love with Torren?
My God, I should have seen that coming, and have you noticed, it is the same with Torren. He wasn't afraid to step in for her, and because of her love for Torren, she lashes out at Aunty, which could be the only reason for her behaviour?"
"You could be right, honey," Curtis agrees.
When Joyce said, "Why did Aunty have to be so stupid? If she had just shut her big mouth, we wouldn't be in this dilemma.
Now, instead of us moving forward, we have taken two steps backwards. I hope you all know we have to make a budget, so our salary will have to offset all the bills.
Life was so easy with the twelve and a half per cent shares; we didn't have to cut costs, but as you say, Curtis, we have to make do and be thankful she didn't completely throw us out on the street."
"Sid, you know Uncle Ken was right, all we did to her, yet still she thinks about us. We must have made her angry for her to behave so drastically and rudely towards us?"
"You think so, after the way you treated her, you two should be thankful you have a place instead of having to go and rent, Boy, what a laughing stock we would have been?"
"Joyce, what are you saying?"
"I have stood and listened to everyone and all their remarks; no one takes into consideration that we have lived in her house for so long for free.
And now went to pay for sleeping accommodations, they patronise our competitors. What an ungrateful bunch."