Rena, noticing the generous pours, cautioned, “It’s just an ordinary day. Go easy on the drink.”
As Waylen filled a glass for Leonel too, he playfully retorted to his wife, “Who says it’s not special? Maybe I did find myself another woman.”
Rena filled Waylen’s cup herself.
“Then you really should drink up,” she retorted.
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Waylen, his face flushing, turned to his children. “See how your mother fusses over me? She’s always keeping an eye on me. That’s what it’s like being married to a successful man,” he joked.
As Rena served him food, she playfully shushed him.
Waylen was eager to share a drink with Leonel. “You’ve been abroad for so long, probably used to beers or something. I wonder how you’ll handle this Liquor,” he challenged.
Leonel responded by taking a small sip.
“Impressive. You can really handle your drink,” Waylen remarked, finishing his own in a single gulp. The fiery drink warmed him from the inside.
He fondly recalled the day Leonel first entered their lives.
Though not his biological son, Waylen had put as much effort and emotion into raising him as any of his children, even going the extra mile to cultivate him to fit into the business world.
And Leonel had proved himself capable.
Despite Rena’s gentle protests, Waylen continued to drink, declaring, “I’m in a good mood today!”
They almost finished a whole bottle, and Waylen ended up quite drunk.
Rena helped him upstairs, instructing the kids, “Bring his coat up.
His phone’s in the pocket. We don’t want your Grandpa to find him this drunk.”
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Alexis stood up to get the coat, but Leonel stopped her, saying with a light tone, “Let me do it. You should eat more.”
He gave her a slightly reproachful look, noting she had been more focused on the spectacle than her meal.
Alexis didn’t push the matter.
Leonel walked over to the couch, grabbed Waylen’s coat, and as he was about to go upstairs, he saw a neatly folded paper slip from the pocket.
Intrigued, he picked it up and glanced at it.
Moments later, he raised his head, his eyes reflecting deep thought as he gazed upstairs.
Elva hurried over. “Leonel, what are you looking at?”
He hid the paper and gave a slight smile. “It’s nothing!”