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Candy wouldn’t listen to reason She wanted the kids to come with her She needed them She cried, threw tantru the kids away from her They were her only chance since Candy didn’t want to work

She pointed out to Madison that she was too delicate for such labor Madison broke down in the end when her Grandrandchildren Candy never brought any child to see her and wouldn’t allow any contact She frequently tried to blackmail her mother with the kids It never worked It seemed now Grandod for that Teeks ago the sell behaved sister she knew and loved started to disappear Jill no their mother as her best friend, her idol She liked how Candy didn’t work and flirted without with a ave the ot drunk with her new buddies Madison flipped out and chased the s out He punched her for her efforts, blackening her cheek

This nightrandmother was about to do it Grandma put her foot down She had Candy where she wanted her Candy bragged that herand everything to see the to live like royalty Candy told Jill Joshua hated Candy and let her know it He was Madison’s little boy as far as everyone else was concerned Candy didn’t care, Joshua was just a welfare check

Grandma threatened to inform the authorities of Candy’s lies She had no choice Candy was to bring the two little ones to New Han over custody Madison could coiven rooe ancestral ho house when their e, clean and ruled with an iron fist

Herlike a queen, she suspected A week ago Grand out her expectations They were to earn their keep with cleaning and cooking Grandma laid off her e to earn their keep Madison had a feeling it wasn’t because she was cheap and expected slave labor like Candy claihten Candy out and fix the grandkids before it was too late

Even with her grand into their mother Much to Madison’s dis on re it as soon as possible Candy was encouraging it It would just get in the way of a fun time, Candy said

The woman was crazy

For the last week Madison watched her sister like a hawk The only tiht hen she was asleep in the hotel room Jill shared with Candy It was fine with her since she didn’t want to sleep with either of the sure Jill didn’t leave Once she was sure her fifteen year old sister’s virtue was safe she went to sleep

So here she was driving into their nen instead of filing for custody She didn’t feel like corandether So to need all the help that she could get

"It looks like a mansion!" Joshua announced as he stumbled out of the car

Candy stepped in front of him with her arms out Joshua ran past her and into Madison’s ar to use him to look like the perfect mother for Grandma Of course he probably picked up on the not so subtle clues she dropped about that If Grandood mother she would leave her alone to take care of the kids She did not want to clean or cook That was okay for Madison, but not for her Candy was meant to make men happy

Madison looked around The sun was shining Birds were chirping The leaves were a beautifulHow could it be this cold if the sun was out? It was freezing!

"This is where we live?" Jill said in the sarated on Madison She hoped her grandmother workedsome sense into her sister soon

She took one last look at her young sister’s neardrobe Everything was too tight and too se and underdeveloped The clothes made her look like a child prostitute This miracle better happen fast

Madison kissed Joshua’s cheek "Go knock and remember to be polite"