"Erica? She's just a kid, but she took those classes all the same.”

Terilynn spat out a bone.

“She's fourteen years old now! She's not a kid anymore. Last year, she signed up for classes. Uncle Wesley never knew until the Dojang master called her parents because she skipped lessons again."

Hearing that, Debbie shook her head helplessly.

“Wesley is such a pathetic dad," she sighed.

It was said that a daughter was Like a lover from a father's past life.

In Carlos' case, yes, it was true. But not in Wesley's case.

Wesley must have owed Erica a lot in his previous life, so it was payback time in this one. Tough guy Wesley found that Erica was difficult at best. She was always getting in trouble.

Matthew cut in, “Why be sorry for him? Most Little girls are naughty

Terilynn was the same. Didn't Dad hit her when she was a Little girl?"

Terilynn wasn't angry with his words. Looking seriously at him, she said, “That's nothing. Erica's way worse than I ever was. She practically has ‘bad girl’ tattooed on her forehead. They call her Miss

Troublemaker for a reason."

A girl with a dirty face popped into Matthew's mind.

“Yeah, I know,” he said, munching on his meal.

Terilynn shot him a look.

“Erica's finishing up junior high. Uncle

Wesley told her if she keeps being a bad girl, he'll put her in a boarding school in Alorith. I guess she's really hitting the books so that doesn't happen." Terilynn and Erica had a lot to talk about, so they kept in touch with each other.

Pushing the food on his plate around, Matthew said, “If she can keep it up, she'll have a new nickname. I don't think she liked the old one."

Terilynn thought for a while.

"You have a point. I've been calling her

"Angel' lately. Maybe I should call her Erica instead."

Angel was a good nickname, but she'd probably had it with nicknames already.

After dinner, Carlos called Evelyn to his study.

“Hey, Dad, what's up?"

Carlos said, “I'm putting you in charge of Hilton Group's autumn clothing Launch. The designers are hard at work, and everything's going well. I'LL pick up your grandma next month." He beamed at her.