Ermilinda works out in the nursery where her daughters sleep, as an attempt to feel closer to them in these early hours.
Somehow, despite neither of them being heavy sleepers (and thankfully, light sleepers for that matter), the twins aren't waking up. This just encourages Ermilinda to continue working out at the nursery anyway.
On the other hand, Leo prefers to disturb the neighbors with his mastered guitar skill.
But would you really call it a disturbance if it's really really really good? He gets asked about this sometimes, and he finds the question a bit biased somewhat.
He's been getting a lot of calls lately, and the earliest that he would get home would be at 11 pm.
Ermilinda hates hearing the ringtone over and over again; it reminds her of the time Cresalina started to receive a lot of calls from a stalker.
She pulls him aside and looks over him carefully. "You haven't been getting much sleep lately. Maybe you should consider asking your boss for a quick break."
The surprise in his face shows that he probably isn't thinking of taking a break. Ermilinda just hopes that he won't crack under pressure any time soon.
Thea tries to figure out this new thing, given the freedom to roam after responding to potty duties quite remarkably well. She doesn't seem to mind sitting beside the presence of her own poop.
On the other hand, Hana's training session with the potty did not end well, and has to be put on hold for a while. She pouts dramatically to emphasize her sadness over this unfair system of rewards and punishment for physically unstable children.
Instead of music to his ears, all he's hearing is the constant nagging from a former colleague who was recently fired. Something about getting a raise and ended up with giving a fit.
He's not really sure why he even bothered to listen to this in the first place; he prefers the toddlers' screaming compared to this one.
It's been a hassle.
"Money hardens people," Leo tells his daughter sadly.
All Hana could do is bite on her fingers and ignore whatever her father is saying.
Eventually, he finds a very effective strategy in making her learn something AND pay attention to what he's saying too.
Trisha had suggested to work on the homework together, but Lucida can already tell that it's to see her half-siblings. Unfortunately for her, she gets to see Thea on one of her bad moods.
"Oh no, no, no," Trisha looks at Lucida expectantly. "She's gonna cry!"
Lucida simply gestures at Thea. "Try picking her up and snuggling her."
Trisha never felt so betrayed before.
The toddler thrashes and struggles against her hold as if her life depends on it; she just doesn't want to deal with any strangers right now, but Trisha is taking this all in so hard.
"You told me it will work!" Both Trisha and Thea face Lucida, and she suddenly finds herself with two pairs of sad puppy eyes staring at her. It's kind of overwhelming
"It was supposed to work," Lucida mutters sheepishly. "Here, let me try it."
"Of course it'll work with you!" Trisha complains.
Thea looks at her older sister and calms down almost immediately. It makes Lucida smile for a bit, seeing how simple this seems to work.
But Trisha isn't feeling any satisfied. In fact, she feels restless, and slightly playful for that matter.
Determined to make things fair, she goes straight to the nursery, where the twins are starting to fall asleep, and turns on the stereo.
With this, her sisters will wake up and think that it's Lucida playing the music on purpose.
She goes downstairs to see Leo snacking on one of the leftover sandwiches. Grabbing a random book from the counter, Trisha proudly sits down on the chair next to her uncle.
Leo wonders what might have put her into a good mood, but is too preoccupied with eating to ask.
(The kids from upstairs continue to sleep soundly)
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I'm gonna push through this one, glitches and story aside.
