Lisa walked up to Lincoln's room and knocked on the door. She waited for him to say, "Come in," before entering. Unknowingly to Lincoln, Lisa asked her sisters to act civil around him ever since Sunday's incident.

Lincoln turned down the comic he was reading on his bed.

"Hey Lisa what do you want?" he inquired in a friendly tone.

Lisa cleared her throat, "I just wanted to bring this to your attention, it seems that Lola is now terrified of you as a result of your confrontation with her on Sunday."

Lincoln stared at the little genius for six seconds then sneered, "So, its time someone stands up to the little brat, it's absolutely ridiculous that older kids are scared of her."

"It's definitely absurd for kids twice Lola's size to fear her," Lisa admitted.

Lincoln looked at her skeptically. She usually never wanted to admit when her brother was right instead making dismissive comments regarding his intelligence.

"You agree with me, now that's surprising," he replied sarcastically.

"Anyway returning to Lola, even Luna is aware of the matter, I overheard her telling Luan and Lynn about it," Lisa continued.

"I don't care, its time she respects people older than herself, it's ridiculous that I'm afraid of someone younger than me. Remember when she offered to give her fries to that guy at the mall and he refused to take them? As a matter of fact you should begin respecting older people too. You wanted to chloroform me because you intended to remove one of my kidneys, and you chloroformed your family while they sleep and planted tracking chips inside us," Lincoln continued.

"What how on earth did you know about the tracking chips?" Lisa asked astonished.

"Because you looked nervous when you said "No" after I asked you if our parents were the only persons you planted a tracking chip in. You think you can trick people because you're a genius but you can't fool everybody all the time," he replied.

Lisa remained dumbfounded by her brother's admission about the tracking chips and decided to leave without saying another word.

Once the door closed behind Lisa, Lincoln continued reading while Lisa retreated back into her bedroom to change into her pajamas and retire earlier.

Lori breathed a huge sigh of relief as she and Lynn Sr. settled into Kotaro's car. Today was rather a hectic one at the restaurant. Eleven coworkers from a nearby office came for a business lunch meeting and she had to assist her dad with making three vegetarian dishes for the table. Nonetheless Lori was thankful to go home. They managed to get inside without waking Lola who was sleeping on the couch for a third night.

"I should buy an air mattress so she doesn't have to sleep on the couch," Lynn Sr. thought as he changed into his pajamas.

Friday

At Gus, Lincoln and his friends spent two hours playing arcade games when Clyde felt his phone vibrating and quickly read the text message from Howard.

"My dad says he's outside waiting," Clyde told his friends.

Tomorrow he was leaving with his dads to spend eighteen days in the Bahamas for their family vacation.

"Bye Clyde enjoy yourself," Lincoln said, both friends shared a fist bump then Clyde was pulled into a group hug for five seconds.

"Bye everyone," Clyde said cheerily before departing.

Stella looked at her watch and remarked, "My mom is arriving in seven minutes."

"How about we call it a day, it's close to dinnertime anyway," Liam suggested.

The other boys started making their journeys home.

"I should definitely call Aunt Ruth," Rita pondered while breaking spaghetti in a bowl. She stopped at the supermarket before picking up the girls and purchased precooked meatballs at the deli section. Luna was busy taking lettuce and tomatoes out the fridge to make a salad.

"Hi mom," Rita heard suddenly.

"Afternoon Lincoln, how are you?" she asked her son.

"I'm fine mom," he replied nonchalantly then rushed upstairs.

Lincoln dropped his key ring on the dresser beside Stella's postcard he retrieved from the mailbox on Tuesday. He quickly jumped on the bed to nap for a while.

"Luna please watch the spaghetti, I have to make an important call," Rita announced.

Inside her bedroom, Rita began dialing Ruth phone number. The elderly lady never owned a cell phone. Ruth's phone rang seven times before she answered.

"Hello Rita, nice to hear from you she said, Ruth was just waking up from a nap.

"Hello Ruthie I hope you're well now," Rita asked

"I'm back to normal is that why you're calling?" Ruth queried

"Yes and I also wanted to ask we can visit you this Sunday. I think it's time the kids knew about Sylvia," Rita said plainly.

Suddenly Aunt Ruth mood darkened and she scowled heavily.

"Don't mention that psychotic bitch," she snapped which frightened Rita somewhat.

"Calm down Ruthie, Lynn and I think they should know about the kind of person Sylvia was because Lola destroyed something important Lincoln owned. I want the girls to know what can happen to them later if they don't control their tempers," Rita explained.

Ruth sighed defeatedly then responded, "All right how about one p.m."

"It's a deal Ruthie, goodbye." Rita told her.

On Saturday

"Luna Luan Junior I need your help at the restaurant today. Someone is celebrating their fiftieth birthday with their family," Lynn Sr. asked them at breakfast.

"That'd be great instead of doing chores," Luna mused. Her other sisters also thought the same.

"Well do it," Luan said eagerly.

Rita and Lincoln did the laundry together and the younger girls dusted and vacuumed. Lincoln just stayed home and rearranged the contents of his dresser drawers then played video games and helped prepare dinner.

Before swinging by the community center to get her daughters Rita stopped at the local supermarket and picked up a large take-out box with a sufficient amount of barbeque wings in the deli section. She was also cooking rice and a tossed salad for dinner.

"Mom I boiled some potatoes, you can just reheat them and make mashed potatoes," Lincoln told her.

"Thanks sweetie I really appreciate that," Rita said then addressed the others.

"Girls you can have something to drink and relax until dinner is ready."

The sisters followed their mom who was carrying the wings and after quenching their thirst with some bottled lemonade, went upstairs to lay down.

Within a half hour later Rita was calling "Dinners ready." Lori arrived home just at the moment the others started eating. Lola sat at a distance from Lincoln during the evening meal seated between Lynn Jr. and Luan.

"Only a few more places to call," Lincoln thought as he consumed the last mouthful.

"Luna and Luan please clean up," Rita instructed them before leaving to work on her novel.

Sometime later, a frustrated Lincoln closed the notebook he'd written the phone numbers in.

"Well no luck whatsoever, might as well tell Liam the truth," he thought, looking at the ceiling of his room while laying on his bed.

"There has to be places I hadn't thought about," he said aloud.

Then came a soft knock on the door.

"Come in," he said before sitting up.

Rita walked inside him and inquired, "I overheard you talking to a Mrs. Francis on the phone when I was taking Lily for a bath."

"Yes she's the Manager of an Arrow store in Huntington Oaks. I spent most of the day calling the phone numbers of stores to inquire if the plane was available but everyone I spoke to said they're sold out," Lincoln explained.

Rita sympathized with her son, "I'm sorry Lincoln. If I could think of something to make it up to you."

"You can send the little beast to an orphanage or juvie," he thought wryly in reference to Lola.

Silence reigned for a second until both heard Lily calling, "Mommeee."

Rita responded to her youngest plea by shouting, "Coming sweetheart."

"I promised to read her a bedtime story, night dear," Rita said finally.

"Night Mom, and thanks for being so concerned," Lincoln replied smiling slightly.

Rita closed the door behind her and Lincoln decided to call it a day and for the second night in a row, Lola slept on the couch.

Sunday

"Kids we're visiting Aunt Ruth today," Rita declared when breakfast was over.

They all began groaning in annoyance. Rita had discussed the matter with Lynn Sr. last night when the kids were asleep and he steadfastly agreed.

Lynn Jr. began grumbling, "Why do we have to go?"

Rita ignored her complaining and said, "We're leaving before one pm so you can relax after our exercises."

Sometime later the parents entered the living room where the kids were reading.

"Time to go kids," she declared.

They reluctantly followed their parents outside with heavy hearts. Within minutes Vanzilla was nearing Ruth's house.

"Would you like some lemonade?" Ruth asked cordially while the Loud family sat in her living room. They noticed that Ruth's cats were asleep all over the house.

"Yes Aunt Ruth," the younger girls and Lincoln said together.

"No thanks Aunt Ruth," Lori told her politely

"Okay mom what's the reason you dragged us here," Lynn Jr. asked impatiently as Ruth was out of earshot.

Aunt Ruth returned shortly carrying a beautiful tray with six tall glasses of lemonade. Once Lincoln and the younger ones took their glasses Rita spoke.

"Ruth thank you for inviting us here because I want the kids to know about Sylvia."

The children gave each other curious glances.