To JMBuilder, this chapter will explain how Rita knew the sisters had acted up in the supermarket, that's why I deleted your review.

Albert glanced around the dining room area of his son-in-laws restaurant while marveling the décor Lynn Sr, Rita and his grandchildren spent a few afterschool hours and Saturday and Sunday afternoons working on.

'Well let's begin," Lynn Sr. said without showing any apprehension this time

The trio sat in the nearest booth near the podium Grant stood at to greet the customers with Rita and Lynn Sr. sitting on the same side.

Albert began speaking.

"Let's begin by talking about the problem of Lincoln getting bullied by the girls and I don't want to hear he should endure it because he's a boy, he's entitled to live in harmony with them, not to have Junior belching in his face and threatened with bodily harm. I know it's common for siblings to do that but it should not be considered normal."

A few seconds passed before Albert continued, 'Have you actually seen them bullying him?"

"Remember when I got community service for those traffic violations. After I came home after the first day, I saw Lori and Leni fighting over some object then Junior was wearing a wrestler's mask and pinning Lincoln on the carpet and I saw him struggling to get up. I just left the house because I couldn't deal with them because I was exhausted," Rita replied.

"Once the kids convinced me somehow to replace Vanzilla because one time they had to push Vanzilla when Rita was driving them home from school one day because she broke down, Vanzilla that is," Lynn Sr. explained. "I woke up one morning and saw everyone except Lana and Lola entering our room. When I told them I was buying a new van they were happy but then Lana and Lola came inside holding a cardboard van they made, it was some presentation they were going to make to convince me to buy a van but when Lincoln told them they didn't have to because I was going to buy one Lola shouted that she and Lana spent four hours on the presentation then screamed at him, "Sit down" Lincoln got a scared look on his face and shrank back in fear," Lynn Sr. admitted.

Albert frowned then asked, "And you didn't admonish Lola for it and tell her to apologize to Lincoln?"

"W-w-welll I'm actually afraid of Lola" Lynn Sr admitted.

Albert then exhaled sharply, then said in disbelief, "Lynn she's six years old and you're afraid of her. Are you kidding me?"

"But dad the girls have violent tempers. You know they have inherited the trait and other aggressive behavior from women on both sides of the family," Lynn Sr. said.

"But you cannot use that as an excuse to allow them to behave anyway they want," Albert replied, "Me and Ruth had to endure Sylvia's temper tantrums and bullying but my folks thought girls couldn't be bullies so they ignored it."

Then Albert thought, "We're going off topic," then said, "Tell me other times you've seen him getting bullied."

"Two days after the supermarket incident I felt guilty about blaming him and not giving him a chance to explain. I thought it must be the girls fault probably since they tend to misbehave in public places. I called the store manager on my lunch break and asked if I could drop by after work to look at their camera footage for that day and he agreed. I was shocked to see Junior racing a cart through the store, Luan juggling eggs while standing on a shelf in the diary aisle, Lisa was laying on frozen peas, Leni was releasing lobsters by tying them to balloons, the twins were spraying each other with hoses while Lucy was making a sculpture with some cakes. Lincoln saw each incident and was begging them to stop misbehaving. Then he started chasing after another boy who grabbed the cereal before him. Lincoln was able to get it after the other boy was kicked out of the store for making a mess while trying to stop Lincoln from catching him. He told the girls something in the checkout line before he was able to pay for the groceries. Suddenly the twins, Lisa and Lucy began arguing then Luna snatched the box out of his hands and was holding it above her head while he struggled to take it from her. They started fighting and knocked over a stack of toilet paper in the process, then the store manager appeared and demanded they leave immediately. The thing is I didn't punish the girls because Lori told me they felt guilty about preventing him from getting the cereal and bought it for him," Rita explained.

"Did they explain why they did it?" Albert asked.

"Lola told me it wasn't fair for Lincoln to get a treat while they couldn't get one," Rita responded.

"I want to talk about Junior's behavior. Did you see when she threatened him with her bat?" Albert asked.

"No, but when Junior's team lost she accused him of being bad luck since Lincoln hadn't attended her games for a while. After we discovered he was pretending to be bad luck we decided to play along and told him he wasn't allowed to come to a movie with us and the girls. That night he dreamt we boarded up his room and left a note on the door saying we couldn't risk him sleeping in his room because of his bad luck and forced him to sleep outside but we wouldn't let him back in the house the next morning so he decided to wear a mascot at Juniors next game to prove he wasn't unlucky and her team won. He woke up when he dreamt we forced him to wear the mascot on a trip to the beach," Rita explained, "When he told us about the dream next morning Junior told us when everyone else had left the house about threatening him with the bat. She begged us not to tell the others because they might tear her to shreds if they found out."

"I see, did you punish her?" Albert asked.

"We told her if she had to clean the bathroom for two weeks and if she did anything like that again she wouldn't be allowed to play sports for a month, and told her to apologize to him. Lincoln was in his room so we went there and she apologized," Lynn Sr. explained

"Let's move on to the girls in general, you've been allowing them to run roughshod over the house and in public places which is unacceptable. Is there any other misbehavior I wasn't told about?' Albert asked.

"Well Lola races her toy car inside the house and even though we don't approve Junior plays sports inside sometimes and we never tell her to go outside," Rita said.

Lynn Sr. chuckled, then remarked, "Then there's Luan's little pranks that she plays on almost everybody."

"One time Lisa created a document called the Sister Fight Protocol since there's so much fighting and disputes amongst the girls almost every week. One day Lori and Leni accidentally bought the same dress which caused a huge argument so Lisa decided to bring the protocol into action. One of the conditions was that during an argument between two or more sisters, they could cool off in the nearest room as long as they wished to avoid each other and that we couldn't intervene or take sides and we agreed to the arrangement,' Rita continued.

"Let's see if I heard you correctly, you allowed the girls to draft some silly protocol on how to handle fights between themselves which included hiding in any room of the house to cool off, preventing other people from using that room even when they had an emergency?"

"Yes dad, we think it's a good idea for the kids to solve their own problems so we allowed it," Lynn Sr. clarified.

"We just thought if someone couldn't get into the kitchen if they were hungry and someone was cooling off in there, they could just buy food somewhere after all we give them allowances," Rita explained.

Lynn Sr. said, "And when Leni was cooling off in the bathroom we just got a bucket to use for a toilet."

Albert actually slapped his forehead in disbelief.

"I can't believe what I'm hearing, who pays the mortgage, the bills and buys the equipment they need for their hobbies and extracurriculars?" he asked.

Rita was about to say Lisa paid the bills but decided not to. She didn't want her father getting angry about giving the genius that responsibility.

"We do," Rita replied softly.

"Then why are the two of you allowing the girls to rule your house!" Albert shouted then slammed his right palm on the table.

"Albert if it makes you feel any better, we told them they could come to us anytime with a problem," Lynn remarked.

"At least that's a start," the elderly man replied once he calmed down.

A few seconds passed before Albert spoke again.

"I am just disappointed by the fact both of you have thrown away your responsibities as parents," Albert told them.

Rita then sighed then replied, "I know the girl's aggressive natures shouldn't be an excuse to let them misbehave. We don't even tell Junior she should say excuse me when she passes gas at the table during dinner. Lincoln is the easiest child to raise even though he does rebel sometimes."

Lynn Sr. cellphone suddenly rang.

"Hey dad you need to pick me up, I've been waiting for five minutes," he heard Luan say. She was given Rita's phone to use by Rita.

"That's Luan we should go and pick her up," Lynn Sr. said after hanging up.