Family Is Forever

24

"So..anything eventful happen today?" Hunter asked as he took a bite of pizza as he looked around the table at Becky's injured hand.

"Hey dad did you happen to pick up any pizza that doesn't have vegetables on it?" Sasha asked from the kitchen, not paying attention to Hunter's question

"There's a pepperoni in the box on the counter" Stephanie said as she moved around Sasha a grabbed a bottle of water before heading into the dining room where Hunter and the two youngest sat eating

"So Becky what happened to your hand?" Hunter asked as Charlotte entered the dining room, "And what happened to your head?"

"Hey Bayley can you pass the parmesan?" Charlotte asked as she took a seat and wiped the excess grease from her pizza while Bayley nodded and handed her the packet

Stephanie looked from one girl to another as all four of her daughters seemed to eat peaceful as if Hunter wasn't talking, "I'm sorry..did I miss something? Your father asked you both a question"

Charlotte avoided eye contact as she drank a bottle of water while Becky smiled at her mother, "I cut my hand...and Charlotte hit her head"

"Really?" Stephanie asked not buying it, "You cut your hand?"

"yes"

"then why are your knuckles wrapped?" Becky examined the wrapping to see that the gauze were mainly wrapped around her knuckles and came down around her wrist leaving the palm of her hand exposed, "Did you two get into a fight?"

"No" Charlotte and Becky said at the same time

"Then why are your knuckles wrapped and your head bandaged? To me that seems like a fight went down"

Charlotte scoffed before pointing to her wet hair, "I hit my head coming out of the shower"

"okay...and how did you cut your hand?"

"It was more like busted...I hit my hand and busted it" Becky said not really too bother as she ate while Hunter shrugged it off but Stephanie eyed the girl for a second longer

"What did you hit you hand on?"

"Geez mom why are you grilling her?" Sasha asked

"I'm not grilling her I simply want to know why her hand is wrapped?" Stephanie said while Becky simply shrugged and ate.

"The punching bag"

"You went without your gloves?"

"I forgot"

"I thought I told you to not go out there and punch that bag if you didn't have your gloves" hunter said causing Becky to shrug, leaving the family in silence for a while.

"How was work?"Bayley asked changing the subject after a couple minutes of silence

"Good...we worked everything out with our partnering companies and grandpa is looking to do some promotions." Hunter said with a smile before Stephanie quickly wiped her mouth with her napkin before she mentioned

"By the way he is coming for dinner on Friday" everyone turned to look at their mother shocked. The last time Stephanie's dad came over was years ago, sometime after Becky had came to live with them. He had spent the day with the family and they had dinner however after that night he never came for another family dinner. It wasn't that the night went bad, so Becky had assumed that she was the cause and determined that their grandpa didn't like her, "Uncle Shane is coming as well"

"Why what's happening?" Hunter asked not sure as to why Stephanie's father was coming, Hunter knew the man disliked him and tried very often not to get in his way, even at work he very rarely spoke to Vince, simply deciding to speak through Stephanie instead. He could tell that Vince hated him for stealing his only daughter away and that was why he believe he never got moved up to work with him and Stephanie on the Board.