Chapter 302: Tantrum
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
It was painfully obvious what Lucy Williams meant by that. She was clearly trying to tell her daughter that they wanted to remain in San Francisco but didn’t have jobs. Moreover, they didn’t know anyone in San Francisco who would be able to recommend them for jobs.
Didn’t their family run a company? Wasn’t it only right for them to invite her family members to work in the company?
“Mom, why don’t I try talking to Yvette to see if she’s hiring?” Just as expected, Linda James fell for her mother’s trick.
“Will that be alright? Yvette doesn’t have a very good relationship with us. What if she doesn’t want us in her company?” Karen James spoke up just then. Although she sounded worried, she was actually forcing her sister to put in a good word for them.
“What about this? I’ll tell her that I’ve already made a decision. I’m sure she won’t refuse her mother’s request.” Just as expected, Linda James fell for yet another trick.
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Just then, Finn Taylor and Yvette Larson arrived home. The latter was annoyed to even see her relatives around, and she was about to head upstairs with her husband.
But no sooner had she taken a step toward the stairs than her mother stopped her. “Why are you trying to escape so quickly? Don’t you see that your elders are here?”
‘I wanted to go upstairs to avoid my relatives, but my mother has ruined that plan.’?Yvette Larson was frustrated. “Mom, I was at work for the whole day. Can’t I get some rest?”
“Of course, you can, but I have something to tell you. You can go take a nap after that.”
When she heard that, Yvette Larson’s heart thumped—she had an ominous feeling about this.?‘Is she going to speak up for those good-for-nothings from the James family and request for jobs on their behalf just like Finn said?’
“Yvette, wasn’t your company hiring just a while ago? Are you guys still hiring? Look, they are your relatives. Why don’t you arrange jobs for them if you have any suitable positions in your company?”
‘Finn was right—this is why the James family is here. And Mom is even speaking up for them!’
“Mom, I’m not the sole decision maker in the company. I have to discuss this with the board of directors.” Yvette Larson chose the easy way out—delaying her decision.
It would be strange to get a decision even after holding a meeting with the board of directors. Besides, the answer was probably ‘no.’
As the Larson Corporation’s chairman, Yvette Larson had a way of resolving this.
“What do you mean, Yvette? Do you mean that you can’t make the decision for your relatives to work in your company?” Linda James had already agreed to her family’s request, but it now seemed like her daughter was unwilling to cooperate with her. She couldn’t help but flare up at that.
“Forget it, Linda. I think we had better not put Yvette in the spot. It’s true that it isn’t good for us to go to your company,” Karen James said sourly.
It was exactly because of this that Linda James felt embarrassed. She was the eldest in the family but had always been looked down upon. Nobody in the family had ever treated her as the eldest, and that was why she had always been looking for a way to prove her worth to the James family.
This seemed like an opportunity for her, yet her daughter was going against her!
“Yvette, are you still my daughter? My family wants to work in your company; they’re trying to help you. Do you think that they’ll slack off? Since you’re going to hire employees, why can’t you hire your own relatives? Since you look down on the James family, I’ll leave this place right now since I’m part of the family too. I’ll never step foot in Number One Pacific Heights ever again!”
This was just how Linda James was—she never once thought through anything rationally. The only thing she knew to do was throw a tantrum.
Yvette Larson had always tried to understand her mother in the past, but not this time. She had thought that giving in to the latter for the past three years would yield a positive outcome, yet reality proved to her that her mother was only getting more unreasonable with time. And this was why her husband had been humiliated for the past three years.
After all those hardships, the couple’s relationship was finally improving. There was no way she would allow those leeches from the James family to ruin her family’s relationship.
“Finn, help Mom pack her things. Since she doesn’t want to live here, we’ll let her have her way.”
Linda James could hardly believe her ears.?‘My daughter has just asked me to leave my home!’
Instantly, she threw yet another tantrum.
She crumbled onto the ground. “Boohoo! My daughter doesn’t want me anymore! I’m a useless old woman, boohoo!”
Yvette Larson simply watched as her mother sobbed, not trying to comfort the latter. She waited until the latter grew weary before slowly saying, “Are you done throwing your tantrum? Get up if you are; otherwise, I’ll really take your word for it.”
No matter how unreasonable Linda James was, she knew her limits. Whenever she threw a tantrum, her daughter would always try to satisfy her if it was within reasonable limits.
It was useless for her to throw a tantrum if her daughter had no way of satisfying her request. Since that was the case, it was simply better to stop. Otherwise, it’d be embarrassing for everyone.
As expected, Linda James grew silent after hearing those words.
Yvette Larson took her husband’s hand in hers and headed upstairs without sparing the James family a glance.
The disdain in her eyes annoyed the family greatly. If not for the fact that they had a favor to ask of Yvette Larson, they would’ve started a fight a long time ago.
“Linda James, can’t you even resolve such a small matter? I guess you don’t care about your family or mother anymore.” Lucy Williams had always been biased toward her second daughter and son and had always been mean toward her eldest daughter.
Linda James felt utterly miserable.?‘I’ve already tried my best, but it’s really too difficult. It’s your fault for offending Yvette last time. How could Mom blame me for it? That’s so unfair!’
“Mom, I already said that we shouldn’t have come. See, we’re being ostracized and looked down on here.. They’re such a prominent family. Do you think they would care about poor relatives like us?”
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