Chapter 317
Hank gave Liberty the stank eye and questioned, Didn’t I wire you five hundred bucks?”
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Chelsea immediately got up and took quick paces over to get a word in after her brother. “Liberty, did
you take Hank’s money? You told me that Hank only gave you three hundred bucks, so you can’t afford
the bigger shrimps and crabs.”
Without lifting her chin, Liberty carried on feeding her son while reminding Hank in a t tone, “I told
you that you should be paying for the groceries and cooking for your mother and sister. You’d have to
pay me two hundred bucks for thebor cost if you want me to do it.
“I don’t owe you anything. Yet, I have to cook for you and receive nothing but criticisms and lectures in
return.”
Liberty had to endure the thankless tasks in the
past.
Hank was speechless.
By the looks of Hank, Chelsea knew that Liberty
was telling the truth. She shamefully returned to her seat on the sofa.
Still, she could not bite her tongue and reproached Liberty, “You and Hank are husband and wife. How
can you keep count and separate the tasks? Besides, my mom and I are your inws. You married into
our family, so you’re part of the family too. Why are you charging Hank to cook for your family?
“Hank might as well take us out to eat. At least, we get better food.”
Liberty raised her chin to nce at her husband and sister-inw before focusing back on feeding her
son. “That’s what going halves is about. We handle our own stuff, so nobody owes anyone
anything.”
The Browns were speechless.
They wanted Hank to propose going halves in expenses and not in household affairs.
However, Liberty seemed to take it one step too far. They had nothing to say as Hank brought up the
whole idea in the first ce.
“Of course, you could ask Hank to take you to have meals at some hotel when youe next time if
you don’t want to pay me for thebor cost. Saves me the trouble.”
Waiting on this disgusting family was thest thing Liberty wanted to do.
Hank scowled at his wife for a while before
deciding against dwelling on the subject. He turned to his mother and sister and said, “Mom, Chelsea,
let’s eat.”
He went straight to the kitchen and brought out the dishes Liberty made to put on the dinner table.
It was a te of shrimps, a te of crabs, and no vegetables.
Hank asked Liberty, “Why aren’t there any
vegetables?”
“You gave me three hundred dors to get seafood. There’s no extra for vegetables.”
Hank was lost for words.
He usually fussed over every dime when she asked him for an allowance. For every extra dor she
spent, he refused to let it go and criticized her for squandering money.
Now it was Liberty’s turn to go through every
expense with a fineb. She would only spend as much as he had given her without putting in extra
money.
“It’s fine, Hank. Your sister and I don’t like to eat vegetables. The shrimps and crabs would do.”
Seeing that things were getting heated, Mrs. Brown quickly smoothed things over.
Hank took a few breaths to calm himself down before returning to the kitchen to ce the roasted
potatoes onto three tes. He then put the baking tray in the sink and turned on the tap to soak the
tray before bringing out the tes of roasted potatoes.
“It’s time to eat, Liberty.”
Mrs. Brown called Liberty out of courtesy while Chelsea and Hank took their seats at the dinner
table.
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“Go ahead with dinner. I’ll eat after I’m done feeding Sonny,” Liberty replied.
This was her day-to-day routine.
Ever since she had Sonny, the Browns would have their fill while she could only eat after feeding the
child.
Serenity would leave Liberty some food when the former was still living here. Otherwise, there would
not be any leftovers for Liberty by the time she was done feeding her son.