Before Caroline could take action, Parker Jace exposed her. Did Whitaker Scarlett go to complain to Parker Jace?
Caroline sat down on the sofa, already thinking of her words:
“Mom isn’t looking for trouble with her; it’s to make her recognize her own identity. She’s just a rural girl; you looking at her is like the ancestral graves of the Whitaker family smoking. Instead of being grateful, she dares to be fickle? Her heart is too wild… You’ve been deceived; Whitaker Scarlett has wild men around her. I won’t acknowledge such a daughter-in-law!”
Parker Jace felt like he was about to explode.
His mother’s words sounded nice, but the truth was she had indeed gone to scold Whitaker Scarlett and was planning to find trouble with her!
Parker Jace’s anger stemmed from his feelings for Whitaker Scarlett, being provoked by Kay, but more importantly, it was Caroline’s attitude, always treating him like a child. Parker Jace, in his twenties, couldn’t stand it, but he didn’t know what could threaten his mother:
“Scarlett hasn’t promised me anything. You’re forcing her not to dare deliver eels to the hotel anymore, and now you want to ruin her business… Haha, her partner came to the hotel to find me today. I see Scarlett’s business hasn’t gone bad; you might lose your son’s job instead! If you go find her trouble again, I’ll move out right now and won’t stay in this house anymore!”
Parker Jace felt like a hero, protecting Whitaker Scarlett and resisting the dictatorial and overbearing Caroline.
Caroline saw him like a lit firecracker, throwing down harsh words and about to rush out the door. Furious, she quickly pulled him back.
“Mom won’t find trouble with her anymore. You tell me, what’s the matter with her partner coming to the hotel to find you?”
Parker Jace was not so easy to deal with. Caroline couldn’t stop the commotion at home for half a day.
It wasn’t until Parker Jace’s father came home from work that the couple managed to subdue Parker Jace. Parker Jace, with a flushed neck, squatted on the sofa, panting heavily. Caroline, exhausted from being tormented by her own son, cried to her husband:
“What else can I do to him? What are our family conditions? He’s so infatuated with a rural girl that he doesn’t even care about his own mother!”
Parker Jace’s father, not swayed by his wife’s emotions, asked Parker Jace to explain the situation from start to finish. He began with how he met Whitaker Scarlett and went all the way to Kay and Leo showing off their wealth at the hotel. After listening, Parker Jace’s father quickly commented:
“With this kind of situation, how can he even date? Your son and that girl won’t work out, so don’t go causing trouble for her. If you criticize the girl’s background, she can also criticize the boy’s situation.”
Caroline looked down on Whitaker Scarlett’s background, but Parker Jace’s father had a bit of admiration for her.
A rural girl, relying on her youth and beauty to find someone to marry, is a shortcut to changing her fate. Yet Whitaker Scarlett insisted on making things difficult for herself. What does it matter if her background is poor? Their family could easily find work; she managed to sell eels from the countryside to the city, starting from nothing, and quickly established connections with the procurement department of the municipal reception center and several other hotels. This wasn’t just about being pretty; it was about having skills.
Parker Jace’s abilities were quite ordinary; otherwise, why would he only be assigned a procurement job? Finding a capable daughter-in-law wouldn’t be a bad idea.
What Parker Jace’s father admired most was Whitaker Scarlett’s decisiveness. While Caroline expressed disdain, Whitaker Scarlett directly cut off the business supplying yellow eels and turned around to sell clothing instead… More importantly, it was about the person Whitaker Scarlett was interested in.
Jace’s father knew there were many capable people in the world. What was he, a small leader, compared to the big leaders above him?
The other party had a high and mighty attitude, and since Jace’s father couldn’t figure out the details, he wouldn’t make things difficult for Whitaker Scarlett.
Admiration aside, it was true that Whitaker Scarlett had caused a rift between Parker Jace and Caroline. People have their close and distant relationships, and Jace’s father also had his opinions about Whitaker Scarlett. What made him more formidable than Caroline was his ability to endure. Without understanding the situation of the person Whitaker Scarlett was interested in, Jace’s father wouldn’t act rashly.
Seeing Parker Jace still stubborn, Jace’s father, despite his son’s uselessness, remained stern:
“If you can’t even endure this little bit of anger, how do you expect to do better in the future? If you don’t go to work, you think it’s easy? If I let you move out for two months, your little savings won’t last! Without relying on the family, what good job can you find? The procurement job is easy, with flexible hours, and although the monthly salary is only 70 dollars, what do you eat at the hotel? What do you eat at an ordinary unit’s cafeteria?”
Parker Jace didn’t have to pay for living expenses at home; his salary was all pocket money.
Caroline often supplemented him, so Parker Jace had never truly been short on money. In the market, he could buy leather jackets for hundreds and shoes for dozens without a second thought.
Although he felt unwilling deep down, he knew his father was speaking the truth.
“If Mom dares to cause trouble for her again, I also have a workplace. If others come to the hotel to make a scene, I won’t keep my job, and I won’t go home either. I’ll go out and beg!”
Could Caroline scold Whitaker Scarlett but dare to go against her son?
She hated Whitaker Scarlett to the core but was temporarily restrained by Parker Jace’s threat. Even at night, while sleeping, she clenched her back teeth tightly:
“I can’t swallow this anger!”
