Lemy is out in one of Bass Vegas's parks on yet another sunny day in his hometown when spots his eldest aunt for the first time. It'd been years and years since his mother had last seen her ex-older sister... or any of her ex-family, for that matter, after they'd kicked her out for trying to so-called "steal" Bobby from Lori. Lemy recognizes Lori from one of the very, very few images Luna still had of her ex-family and immediately becomes disgusted with her.
"Whew... Aunt Lori has let herself go..." Lemy mutters under his breath
Lori spots Lemy just then. She doesn't recognize Lemy's similarity to Luna when her estranged little sister was her son's age. Still a major flirt, even after she had betrayed Bobby and destroyed her own life, Lori puts on a sickeningly sweet smile and decides to flirt with the boy, despite his young age, not knowing their blood relation. She slowly approaches her secret nephew and tries to charm him.
"Hey there, Stud~" Lori purrs.
She tries to ignore the fact that Lemy is very young and focuses more on her flirty side, looking at him from head to toe. Lemy is caught off guard by Lori attempting to flirt with him, given his age, but is nonetheless disgusted at the fact she is trying to flirt with a young pre-teen when she is now in what looks like her 30s. He looks down to Lori's side and sees his younger cousin, Loan, the poor little girl clutching to Lori's thigh, looking like she's about to have an anxiety attack. Her mother doesn't even seem to care about her daughter, instead choosing to go after boys. Lemy is completely flabbergasted and disgusted by his aunt's behavior.
"Ahem. Excuse me, Ma'am, would it kill ya to pay attention to your daughter?" Lemy asks, pointing to Loan.
Lori laughs, clearly not caring about Loan.
"What's the matter with you, kiddo? Jealous or something?" Lori asks.
She turns her attention directly to Lemy in a seductive way.
"Come on, then, how about you and I have some fun~" Lori asks seductively.
Her advances make Lemy feel uncomfortable. He looks at Loan, who is looking distressed and holding onto Loris's leg, before turning his attention to Lori and pushing away from him.
"I think you need to stop. Right. Now." Lemy replies.
Lori's actions make him angry, and at the same time, he has an urge to protect Loan from his aunt's disgusting advances. Lori laughs condescendingly as the boy pushes her away.
"Jeez, you're an annoying kid. You're too young to be playing hard to get." Lori says.
She goes back to try to caress Lemy's face, making him feel uncomfortable. Lemy considers telling Lori who he is to her, but wonders if she is even in the right state of mind to comprehend the fact at all. After all, before she'd gone so... downhill like this, she had been the cause of his mother being kicked out of her childhood family and home. Lori had been the one to take everything from Luna. Her family, her girlfriend, her life in Royal Woods... Lori continues to flirt and attempts to touch Lemy's face once more, but Lemy swiftly dodges her advance and moves away from her, completely repulsed by her actions.
"Quit trying to touch me! I don't want you anywhere near me!" Lemy snaps.
Lori starts to cry crocodile tears at Lemy's refusal of her. Loan starts to cry suddenly. Her mother turns to her and scowls when she notices her sobbing, and she outright slaps her daughter forcefully to make her stop crying.
"Stop crying, you annoying brat!" Lori screams, right in her daughter's face.
Lori looks back at Lemy, who is left speechless after witnessing her abuse towards her daughter. He can't believe that his own aunt could treat her daughter like that.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" Lemy asks, feeling a sense of pity for Loan.
The younger blonde girl starts to sob hysterically now, after having been treated like that by her mother. Lori feels her blood pressure rising towards her daughter as the latter starts sobbing even more, completely annoyed that her daughter is interrupting her advances towards Lemy.
"Ugh, would you shut up, you brat?! You're ruining everything!" Lori hisses.
Lemy clenches his fists as he feels a strong sense of anger towards Lori. He can't believe how carelessly she's treating her own daughter.
"You're unbelievable! That's your daughter for God's sake! Don't you care about her at all?!" Lemy asks in disbelief.
Lori rolls her eyes and looks at Lemy with a cold, condescending smirk.
"Of course not. I never wanted kids in the first place. I only had her to keep my boyfriend at the time from leaving me." Lori replies.
Lori's response is shocking and cold-blooded, showing no care for the well-being of her own daughter. Lemy is completely astounded by his aunt's selfish and heartless response. He can't believe a mother could say such a thing.
"Are you serious right now? You had a child to keep your boyfriend from leaving you?! That's messed up, and what's even worse is that you don't even care about her at all." Lemy asks in disgust.
Lori laughs coldly, showing no remorse for her actions
"What can I say? I'm a selfish woman who only cares about herself. And Loan is nothing but a burden. She was never meant to be born, but she just had to ruin everything." Lori replies.
The way Lori talks about her daughter is heartless and cruel, showing that she never cared about her in the first place. Lemy looks at Lori, his anger building up inside of him, and he decides to bring up what happened years ago between her and Luna.
"You know, Aunt Lori, I have to ask you something. Did you ever even care about your siblings? Especially my mom?" Lemy asks.
Lori scowls and looks at Lemy with irritation. She starts to get defensive, not liking that a random kid is making these accusations about her.
"Who do you think you are, kid? And what does any of that have to do with me?" Lori asks.
Lemy looks at Lori dead in the eyes, his expression hard as he brings up the one thing she tried to forget
"Do you remember my mom, Luna? The girl you accused of trying to steal your boyfriend? Ring any bells?" Lemy asks, doing everything he can to stay calm
Lori's mouth drops open in surprise and horror at the mention of Luna's name. She has hoped and done everything she could to block that part of her past out of her mind, but now, she is being forced to confront it head on by a young boy who she has no idea is related to her.
"W-What? How do you know about that?" Lori asks.
Lemy looks at Lori with a grim expression on his face
"I know a lot more than you think, Aunt Lori. I know what you did, how you accused my mom of trying to steal your boyfriend and then got her kicked out of the house." Lemy replies.
Lori's eyes widen with realization and fear, her memories flooding back to her like a freight train. She connects the dots and realizes that Lemy is Luna's son.
"W-Wait a minute... you're her son? You're Luna's son?" Lori asks, her voice trembling slightly with fear as she looks at Lemy with a mixture of shock and guilt
Lemy nods in confirmation, giving Lori a cold glare.
"Yeah, I am. And I know all about what you did to my mom. How you threw her out like garbage because of your own selfishness." Lemy replies.
Lori stutters, completely caught off guard by Lemy's revelation and unable to come up with a defense for herself. Lemy continues to look straight at Lori, not backing down for a second
"You don't even have anything to say for yourself, do you? You got my mom kicked out of the house and you have the audacity to act like nothing happened?! You ruined her life!" Lemy says angrily.
Lori feels a mix of guilt and shame at Lemy's words. She knows he's right, but she still can't find the words to defend herself.
"I... I didn't mean to... I was young and stupid, and I just... I was messed up back then..." Lori says weakly, her voice shaking as she struggles to face the weight of her actions.
Lemy lets out a bitter chuckle at Lori's weak excuse.
"Don't give me that crap! You were messed up then and you're just as messed up now. Look at you! You have a daughter who you don't even care about, yet you're out here flirting with teenage boys! You're pathetic." Lemy says bitterly.
Lori lurches towards Lemy, looking desperate and pathetic as she tries to plead for his forgiveness
"Please, you have to understand. I was young and stupid, I was... I didn't know any better... Please, you have to forgive me. I'm sorry!" Lori pleads, looking completely unhinged and desperate.
Lemy remains stoic and unphased by Lori's desperate pleas.
"You think I'm going to forgive you just like that?! After what you did to my mom?! You destroyed her life and you think saying sorry is going to fix it all?!" Lemy asks, his tone cold and unmoving, showing no mercy or sympathy towards his aunt.
Lori feels a pang of sadness and desperation at Lemy's words. She knows she doesn't deserve forgiveness, but she still can't help but ask for it
"Please, I'm begging you. I'll do anything, just please forgive me. I can't take this anymore." Lori replies.
Lori is on the verge of tears now, but Lemy remains unmoved by her emotional breakdown. The rocker boy's eyes shift back to the still-wailing Loan, the toddler having outright soiled herself. He grimaces as he decides to ask if tearing his mother out of the Loud family was worth it for some guy she clearly broke up with in the end anyway.
"You know, Aunt Lori, you kicked my mom out and ruined her life, and for what? A guy you ended up breaking up with anyway? How many kids do you have now, huh?" Lemy asks.
Lori remains silent, looking away out of shame. Lemy notices her silence and takes it as a sign that she doesn't want to answer. He pushes further, wanting to make her feel even more guilty.
"Come on, don't be shy now. I'm sure you probably have a few more kids with other guys, right? It's not like you care about any of them anyway." Lemy sneers with a provocative smirk.
He crosses his arms, waiting for her to answer. Lori squirms uncomfortably as her nephew waits for her answer. She can feel the weight of his judgment and the weight of her own guilt pressing down on her.
"Um... uh... I..." Lori stumbles, trying to find a way to avoid answering the question.
*Lori sees Lemy isn't going to budge and finally breaks down, revealing the full extent of her reckless behavior and disregard for her children's lives
"I... I have a son named Loki. And I've had a few other kids that I've put up for adoption after they were born. Loan and Loki are the only ones I've kept." Lori admits, her voice shaky as she confesses, her guilt weighing on her heavily.
Lemy hears Lori's confession and feels a wave of disgust wash over him. He can't believe that his own aunt could be so reckless and irresponsible, abandoning multiple children because of her own selfishness.
"Wow, Aunt Lori. I knew you were messed up, but I didn't know you were that messed up. To have multiple kids and just throw them away like that because you don't care about them? That's just... that's just low." Lemy says in disgust.
Lori bows her head in shame, feeling the full weight of Lemy's words. She knows that she deserves every bit of his judgment and disgust.
"I know... I know I'm a terrible person. I've made so many mistakes, and I'll never be able to fix them." Lori says, her quiet and filled with regret, the gravity of her actions starting to sink in.
Lemy looks back at Loan and makes a decision. He knows his father has many other wives and children besides his mother, him, and his full siblings. He knows his father would be totally willing to take in Loki and Loan, and he doesn't exactly trust the Louds to take care of the two children after what they did to his mother when she was a teenager, so he decides to provide an ultimatum to Lori. Give them to his parents to raise as their guardians, or he'd call both the police and CPS on Lori.
"I'm giving you a choice, Aunt Lori. You can either give Loki and Loan to my parents to raise, or I will call the police and CPS on you. You've shown that you're completely unfit to be a parent, so I won't let those kids suffer because of your selfishness." Lemy says, his voice firm and unwavering
Lori clenches her fists slightly as she hears Lemy's ultimatum. The thought of giving her kids to Luna, of all people, to raise rankles her and awakens a sense of jealousy.
"What?! You think Luna can raise my kids better than I can?! She's a failed musician with no parenting experience! She has no business raising MY kids!" Lori screams.
Lemy raises his hand and smacks Lori across the face, just like she had done to Loan. He can feel the anger building up inside him as Lori dares to insult his mother.
"How DARE you talk about my mom like that! She's a thousand times the parent you could ever dream of being! She's loving, caring, and would do anything for her children! You're a careless, irresponsible mess who doesn't even know how to take care of her own kids!" Lemy says angrily.
Lori's head snaps back as Lemy slaps her, the sting of the blow hitting her almost as hard as his words. She can feel her own anger rise to the surface as he continues to insult her.
"You have no right to judge me! You have no idea what I've been through, what it's like being a single mother on my own with no support!" Lori says, her excuse already laughable.
Lemy scoffs at Lori's excuses, not buying her pity party for a second.
"Oh, please, spare me the sob story. You're the one who chose to sleep around and get pregnant with multiple guys. You knew what you were getting into and now you're playing the victim? Give me a break." Lemy says.
Lori bristles at Lemy's harsh words, her own anger flaring up at his accusations.
"You think I wanted this?! You think I wanted to be a single mom, struggling on my own with two kids?! You have no idea what it's like being a single parent, having to work your ass off just to make ends meet!" Lori says dismissively.
Lemy can feel his sympathy for Lori slipping away, her excuses and self-pity not cutting it anymore.
"Don't talk to me about struggling on your own! My mom survived on her own for years, too. She had to deal with your family's BS and she still managed to raise me and my siblings with love and care! Don't act like you're the only single mom in the world who struggles!" Lemy snaps.
Lori looks away bitterly, unable to meet Lemy's gaze as he continues his tirade. She can feel the weight of his words sinking in, and she knows that she has absolutely no right to try and play the victim.
"If my dad hadn't found her, she'd probably have died in some back alley or somewhere worse. She had nothing, no one, and nowhere to go. She was kicked out of her own family and you just abandoned her like she was nothing. You're a pathetic excuse for an aunt and even worse as a mother." Lemy says angrily.
Lori feels a knot in her stomach as Lemy lays it all out, the reality of her actions and their consequences hitting her hard. She has no defense, no way to deflect or justify what she did.
"I... I..." Lori stutters, her voice weak and trembling, the weight of her guilt and shame hanging heavily on her
Lemy, now with zero patience for his aunt, takes out his phone, dialing 911 and holding his thumb threateningly over the call button to show he's serious, reminding her of his ultimatum. Lori's eyes widen as she sees him take out his phone and hold his thumb over the call button. She knows he's serious and she doesn't have a choice.
"Okay, okay! I'll give you Loki and Loan! Just... please don't call the police. You don't need to involve them in this." Lori says desperately.
Lori looks down at Loan as she pushes the crying toddler over to Lemy. She feels a pang of guilt at the sight of her own child clinging to Lemy, but there's nothing she can do about it now.
"Here, take her. Just... just promise you'll take care of her, okay?" Lori asks.
Lemy scoffs as he holds Loan close, gently patting her head and trying to soothe the crying toddler. He looks at his aunt with a mix of disgust and disappointment.
"You can expect to hear from my parents soon. They'll be coming to take Loki off your hands. And believe me, they'll be a thousand times better caregivers than you ever were." Lemy replies
Lori feels a surge of anger and helplessness at Lemy's words, knowing that he's right.
"Fine. Just... take Loki. Just get him out of here, as far as I'm concerned." Lori says, her voice wavering as she speaks, the reality of her actions fully sinking in.
Lemy nods, still holding Loan in his arms. He knows it's the best option for Loki, that he'll have a better life now once he's collected by his aunt and uncle.
"We will. And you... you'd better stay away from us. Don't even think about trying to contact Loan or Loki or any of us again. You've done enough damage as it is." Lemy says warningly.
Lori nods weakly, feeling completely defeated. She knows there's nothing she can say or do now that will fix the broken relationships or the damage she's caused.
"I... I understand. I'll stay away. Just... make sure you take care of them, okay? That's all I ask." Lori asks.
Lemy gives Lori one last disapproving look, still holding Loan close.
"Oh, we will. We'll take much better care of them than you ever did. You don't have to worry about that." Lemy replies.
Lemy turns and starts walking away with Loan, leaving Lori standing there alone, feeling the weight of her guilt and shame. The matured blonde stands there, feeling hollow as she watches her nephew walk away with her daughter. She knows she has no right to be sad or upset, but she can't help the tears that start to well up in her eyes. She knows she's lost her children and it's all her own fault. She closes her eyes, letting the tears fall as she realizes the consequences of her actions have finally caught up to her. She truly is a bad mother.