Sad Eyes

"Humm, that's for me," Grace said when everyone looked towards the hall leading to the door.

"Lucy, please get that package for me; it should be the delivery guy," Grace instructed as Lucy came into the living room.

"Good bye, Jerry," Agnes said, heading out of the house.

It took another minute before Jerry Phillips could calm himself.

Lucy came back into the living room with a small package.

"Please drop that in my room and get these bags to my mother," Grace told her.

"Okay, Ms. Grace," Lucy replied.

"I know she is your sister, but she has a way of getting on my nerve," Anna said, her eyes hard.

"Mom, can you please forget all she said? She is still Dad's sister, you know," Grace said, uninterested in making any comment about what had just transpired.

"Why does she see us as the bad guys? I wasn't the one who asked Laura to go get pregnant; in fact, I wanted her to have a good life, which is why I arranged her wedding with Jared," Jerry fumed, and after casting one last glan