"Nigel said he, Lynn and Keesha got grounded for the week and are on
restriction because of how they behaved."
"What?!" The Camden girls say in unison.
"That's not fair. Mrs. Hamilton is the one who really started it." Mary says.
"We are probably going to get it too." Simon says as they heard their parents come up as Simon ran to his room, as did the eldest and her sister.
"Simon, girls we want to talk to you." Annie said then the girls and Simon came out in the hallway near the stairs as Eric stood near it.
"Yeah mom. You wanted to talk to us?" Lucy says then asks.
"I've decided that all of you should be grounded for this week and no friends or phone for that week either." Annie says.
"So they are grounded because of me, mommy?"
"No, because they were very rude and when the Hamiltons come again on Friday night for dinner, you will apologize to them." Annie says as Eric looks at her, then she continues, "Ruthie, you will apologize to Julie, I talked to her earlier today and she said that she doesn't need an apology but I want you to give it to her, tomorrow. Okay and you will be restricted to your room and no TV for a week."
"Okay mommy." Ruthie says as her brother and siblings went to their rooms.
Few hours later the kids eat supper, it was very quiet, they didn't want to talk about anything even if Eric asked them how things were going, they would just give an answer in a way that they didn't want to talk not even to him or Annie, Annie fed David as Eric fed Sam. Few hours later the kids all ran upstairs, Eric helped his wife with the dishes but she pushed him away telling him she didn't need him so he took the twins to the living room and played with them. Few hours later the twins are put to bed then an hour the kids go to bed without telling their parents since they were mad at them then the parents went to bed. For the next week, week and a half every time Eric would try to help Annie with something she always yelled at him, that would cause him to think about Desiree a lot more then Friday night came as the Hamiltons and their kids came for dinner, the children of the Hamitlons and Camdens went up to Simon's room to talk as Annie, Patricia cooked as Morgan waited on the couch watching TV since Eric was not home.
"You know, it was really unfair that our parents grounded us." Keesha said as she, Nigel and Lynn were on Simon's bed as Ruthie, Simon, Lucy and Mary were on the other bed facing them.
"No kidding." Mary says.
"You know, maybe we were kind of mean to blame our mom but she did start it." Nigel said.
"Then we lost our appetite when dad made the comment that his sister said no because of being looked at as pathetic." Lucy said.
"So do you have to apologize to our mom for anything?" Ruthie asked.
"Yeah. We had to apologize to our mom and it didn't feel so good doing that because I don't even know why we did." Keesha said.
"We have to apologize to your mom." Simon said.
"Oh brother." Nigel said.
"Looks like dad just got home." Mary says after she heard a car door slam as she looked out the window to see if it was her father or not, which it was.
Ten minutes after Eric comes home dinner was served, the kids asked and were denied to eat in the kitchen since they didn't really feel comfortable eating with their parents and guests. Everyone started to eat and talk then the subject went to the softball game then the kids groaned, knowing this would not be a good night. Sam was next to Annie who fed him as David was next to Mary who was feeding him as well.
"So Morgan how was the softball game?" Annie asked then the kids groaned.
"Here we go again." Simon said as Eric looked at her.
"The softball game was great!" Morgan said.
"He and his brother play very good." Patricia said.
"What team won?" Annie asked as the kids were eating kind of fast, which Annie, Patricia and Morgan didn't notice but Eric did.
"Okay! Now why are all of you eating so fast? Chew your food! All of you." Eric said after he got their attention by banging on the table with his fist.
"It was a tie." Morgan said.
"A tie. That's ridiculous, there is no tie in baseball." Simon said then he laughed.
"Simon!" Lucy and Mary said sternly to make their brother behave.
"Oh, I'm sorry.. I'll eat." Simon said as he realized what he had done.
"What are you trying to do? Get us in trouble again?" Ruthie asked.
"Ruthie!" Mary said sternly as they started to eat again.
"Who would get in trouble and why?" Patricia asked.
"Well, we grounded the kids because of how they acted the last time you all were here." Annie said.
"So did we." Patricia said.
"Well, now if you all would excuse me I'm going to go out for a drive." Eric said as he started to feel angry because of how the kids were treated then took the van. A few months back the Camdens traded in the station wagon for a '90 dodge caravan and the Camdens still had the green van, Eric went in the blue dodge caravan.
Eric got on the highway minutes later then started driving, didn't know where he was going but his mind was constantly on Desiree then he noticed while on the freeway sirens, lights and a speeding car behind him so he then tries to stay in the lane as the speeding car moves to it's left and clips a car that swerves and hits another car. Eric then swerves also but gets clipped and he ends up hitting the car that was speeding and then rolls over many times landing on the side of the van and the speeding car crashed as well killing the driver of that car that was speeding. The driver of the cars that were involved were not seriously hurt but Eric was in really bad shape as well as he was knocked out when the van rolled over a few times and he heard sirens and voices as darkness closed in on him.
"What?!" The Camden girls say in unison.
"That's not fair. Mrs. Hamilton is the one who really started it." Mary says.
"We are probably going to get it too." Simon says as they heard their parents come up as Simon ran to his room, as did the eldest and her sister.
"Simon, girls we want to talk to you." Annie said then the girls and Simon came out in the hallway near the stairs as Eric stood near it.
"Yeah mom. You wanted to talk to us?" Lucy says then asks.
"I've decided that all of you should be grounded for this week and no friends or phone for that week either." Annie says.
"So they are grounded because of me, mommy?"
"No, because they were very rude and when the Hamiltons come again on Friday night for dinner, you will apologize to them." Annie says as Eric looks at her, then she continues, "Ruthie, you will apologize to Julie, I talked to her earlier today and she said that she doesn't need an apology but I want you to give it to her, tomorrow. Okay and you will be restricted to your room and no TV for a week."
"Okay mommy." Ruthie says as her brother and siblings went to their rooms.
Few hours later the kids eat supper, it was very quiet, they didn't want to talk about anything even if Eric asked them how things were going, they would just give an answer in a way that they didn't want to talk not even to him or Annie, Annie fed David as Eric fed Sam. Few hours later the kids all ran upstairs, Eric helped his wife with the dishes but she pushed him away telling him she didn't need him so he took the twins to the living room and played with them. Few hours later the twins are put to bed then an hour the kids go to bed without telling their parents since they were mad at them then the parents went to bed. For the next week, week and a half every time Eric would try to help Annie with something she always yelled at him, that would cause him to think about Desiree a lot more then Friday night came as the Hamiltons and their kids came for dinner, the children of the Hamitlons and Camdens went up to Simon's room to talk as Annie, Patricia cooked as Morgan waited on the couch watching TV since Eric was not home.
"You know, it was really unfair that our parents grounded us." Keesha said as she, Nigel and Lynn were on Simon's bed as Ruthie, Simon, Lucy and Mary were on the other bed facing them.
"No kidding." Mary says.
"You know, maybe we were kind of mean to blame our mom but she did start it." Nigel said.
"Then we lost our appetite when dad made the comment that his sister said no because of being looked at as pathetic." Lucy said.
"So do you have to apologize to our mom for anything?" Ruthie asked.
"Yeah. We had to apologize to our mom and it didn't feel so good doing that because I don't even know why we did." Keesha said.
"We have to apologize to your mom." Simon said.
"Oh brother." Nigel said.
"Looks like dad just got home." Mary says after she heard a car door slam as she looked out the window to see if it was her father or not, which it was.
Ten minutes after Eric comes home dinner was served, the kids asked and were denied to eat in the kitchen since they didn't really feel comfortable eating with their parents and guests. Everyone started to eat and talk then the subject went to the softball game then the kids groaned, knowing this would not be a good night. Sam was next to Annie who fed him as David was next to Mary who was feeding him as well.
"So Morgan how was the softball game?" Annie asked then the kids groaned.
"Here we go again." Simon said as Eric looked at her.
"The softball game was great!" Morgan said.
"He and his brother play very good." Patricia said.
"What team won?" Annie asked as the kids were eating kind of fast, which Annie, Patricia and Morgan didn't notice but Eric did.
"Okay! Now why are all of you eating so fast? Chew your food! All of you." Eric said after he got their attention by banging on the table with his fist.
"It was a tie." Morgan said.
"A tie. That's ridiculous, there is no tie in baseball." Simon said then he laughed.
"Simon!" Lucy and Mary said sternly to make their brother behave.
"Oh, I'm sorry.. I'll eat." Simon said as he realized what he had done.
"What are you trying to do? Get us in trouble again?" Ruthie asked.
"Ruthie!" Mary said sternly as they started to eat again.
"Who would get in trouble and why?" Patricia asked.
"Well, we grounded the kids because of how they acted the last time you all were here." Annie said.
"So did we." Patricia said.
"Well, now if you all would excuse me I'm going to go out for a drive." Eric said as he started to feel angry because of how the kids were treated then took the van. A few months back the Camdens traded in the station wagon for a '90 dodge caravan and the Camdens still had the green van, Eric went in the blue dodge caravan.
Eric got on the highway minutes later then started driving, didn't know where he was going but his mind was constantly on Desiree then he noticed while on the freeway sirens, lights and a speeding car behind him so he then tries to stay in the lane as the speeding car moves to it's left and clips a car that swerves and hits another car. Eric then swerves also but gets clipped and he ends up hitting the car that was speeding and then rolls over many times landing on the side of the van and the speeding car crashed as well killing the driver of that car that was speeding. The driver of the cars that were involved were not seriously hurt but Eric was in really bad shape as well as he was knocked out when the van rolled over a few times and he heard sirens and voices as darkness closed in on him.