Titus, along with his two brothers, felt uneasy under Andrew's gaze.
"Why are you looking at us like that?" Titus wondered if Andrew had set his eyes on their protective amulets. They had always been concerned about the incident on Facebook.
Andrew put on a pitiful expression and looked at the three of them.
"Titus, Luca, Aaron, now that Jodie has moved out, she won't threaten your luck anymore. How about lending me your protective amulets for a while?" Since he couldn't get only one amulet, he went after all three.
Titus chuckled, "Even though Jodie has moved out, who knows if she'll suddenly come looking for us. You can only stay at home and the sanatorium daily now, which is the safest." He wouldn't lend them to Andrew; the talisman would never come back.
Luca and Aaron agreed, "That's right, Andrew, you're the safest now. And Jodie has already targeted you once, so she won't come again. Don't think about borrowing our protective amulets, brother."
Andrew's face darkened, "Aren't we still brothers? I just thought that wearing the amulets would bring me better luck and make life smoother."
Titus stood up. "We can cut off our relationship if you want."
Luca said, "Andrew, these protective amulets are as important to me as my life. If you insist on having them, it'd be like killing me. If that's the case, I don't mind cutting off our relationship."
Aaron added, "I feel the same as them."
Andrew wants to emotionally blackmail us into giving him the amulets? Dream on.
They weren't the kind of people who'd fall for that.
Andrew: "..." Well, so much for brotherhood. "I'll remember this, hmph!" He wouldn't share any good things with them in the future.
Titus and his brothers didn't care at all. Titus said to his other brothers, "By the way, I'll be gone for a while. I'll leave it to you to take care of Mom."
He had previously thought that since she was their biological mother, he could tolerate her constant nagging to have meals together every day. But now he had had enough. Not only did she scold them every day, but she also had the audacity to ask them to take care of Jodie.
They couldn't even stand being in the same room as Jodie, let alone taking care of her. Jodie had no shame. At first, she was arrogant towards them, seeing their cold and distant attitude. Occasionally, she even deliberately mocked them.
It made them breathe a sigh of relief. But in the past few days, she seemed to have discovered that this trick of teasing and playing hard to get was useless against the brothers, so she started changing her attitude and getting entangled again.
She complained about being poor and deceived, saying that her money had been stolen by someone. She implied that she wanted them to help her out. From what he knew, his mother had been giving Jodie a lot of financial support recently.
He didn't know why Jodie needed so much money. Anyway, he absolutely didn't want to be taken advantage of. He used to be concerned about his biological mother, but now she had hurt his feelings.
He would embrace that title since she called them "ingrates" every day. Otherwise, carrying that reputation every day would be even more painful. So, he decided to go out of town for a while to avoid his biological mother and Jodie, who had started taking advantage of him.
Let those two deal with it.
Upon hearing Titus's words, Luca immediately said, "I'm going to seclude myself and write new songs, so I'll be staying at the studio. The responsibility of accompanying Mom for meals can be left to Reuben, Andrew, and Aaron."
He couldn't take it anymore. If his biological mother insisted on causing trouble, he wouldn't accompany her. Aaron was speechless. These two guys were quick to escape.
Unfilial? So be it. He accepted it.
Reuben looked at his brothers, who suddenly united and unanimously agreed to trip him up, and he was feeling a bit speechless. He asked, "Are you guys serious?" Is it really that hard for them to accompany their biological mother for a meal? They all seem so eager to leave.
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