Avery came out of her bedroom. Everyone looked at her at the same time. No one said anything. The atmosphere was extremely awkward.
"Did I cross a line just now?" Avery walked to the sofa and sat down. "I shouldn't have said that about Shea."
"No! It was that jerk Elliot who yelled at your first. The moment you said anything he asked you to shut up. I feel like you should have really given it to him! If I were you, I would have yelled him to death! Not only would I have called Shea an idiot, but I would have said that their entire family was a family of idiots!" said Mike, hoping to comfort her.
Avery was slightly stunned at Mike's comments.
Laura also chimed in comfortingly, "Avery, you were angry. If he had any sense in him, he would know that you did not do it on purpose."
"I don't care what he thinks of me. I'm afraid that Shea would be sad." Avery lowered her gaze and sighed.
She did not care what Elliot thought. She was afraid that her words spoken out of spite would hurt Shea.
"Shea is not angry. She said that she is an idiot anyway," Mike comforted her.
"And that is why I'm feeling guilty." Avery was antsy. She got up from the sofa and returned to her room
once again. 2
Layla and Hayden saw how their mother blamed herself, and they felt terrible too. Tonight, Hayden finally understood how truly different Shea was from them.
Although Shea looked like an adult woman, she did not have the intelligence of an ordinary person. If a young child were to be called an idiot, they would cry and resist the insult. Thus, it seemed pointless for him to be so hostile toward Shea.
Returning to their room, Layla took out her watercolor pens and started drawing.
Hayden went over to have a look.
"Hayden, can you give this to Shea tomorrow?" Layla drew a flower on a piece of white paper.
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