American TV series: Start with the little Sheldon's wool

Chapter 417: Distressed Mark (Continued)
"You have great physical talents and learn basketball skills very quickly. I believe it won't be long before you can become the starting player of the school basketball team..."

Although he looks eighteen years old now, Mark hasn't changed at heart and really enjoys spending time with his son.

Unconsciously, I put myself into the role of "old father".

"Can I really?" Alex looked surprised.

He did not find anything strange about his "friend". Instead, he was very happy to be praised by Mark, one of the two main players of the school basketball team.

"Of course, I never lie~" Mark smiled habitually, rubbed his son's head, and continued: "But basketball is not everything for you. You should communicate more with your family during weekends..."

"How about this, you go get the baseball and glove, and I'll go get Maggie and Scarlett. We'll go outside and have a family baseball game."

Mark organized a "family activity" on his own, and by the way, he wanted to find an opportunity to explain to his wife during the activity that he was not an illegitimate child.

This action is very abrupt, but if you put Mark into O'Donnell's shoes, his behavior is easy to understand.

On the other hand, Alex did not realize that there was anything wrong. In his impression, this kind of "family activity" was often organized by his father when he was young.

However, as he grew up, such parent-child activities gradually became less frequent and were even no longer organized.

"OK, I'll go to the warehouse to get the equipment..."

After cheering, Alex ran happily towards the warehouse.

He was extremely lacking in fatherly love and he probably didn't even notice that at some point he had regarded his friend, who was like an older brother to him, as his father.

Watching his son leave childishly, Mark smiled and shook his head, then walked towards his daughter Maggie's room.

If Mark occasionally has a headache about his son's timid character, then his daughter Maggie's love affair is what really gives him a headache.

But today, Mark didn't want to care about the children. He just wanted to organize a good family activity and then clear up the misunderstanding about the "illegitimate child" with his wife during the activity.

“It’s quite neat~”

When Mark arrived at his daughter's room, he didn't see Maggie, so he turned around a little.

Looking at the tidy room, Mark, the "old father", expressed his satisfaction.

"Well, what is this..." Just as Mark was about to leave, he found a diary open on his daughter's desk.

In order to know more about his daughter's situation, he couldn't help but pick up the diary.

The first half of the diary records things like "the little girl's worries" and other little thoughts.

It was very interesting to watch, and Mark couldn't help but show an expression of doting on his face.

But when I got to college, my diary was filled with Mike's name.

'Is it true that in my daughter's mind, Mike, who took a month-long vacation right after the start of the school term, is really that attractive?'

Mark's face gradually became solemn. He felt powerless, as if the cabbage he had worked so hard to cultivate was trying to push the pig.

It wasn't until the "little essay" about his daughter and the handsome Mike appeared in the diary that Mark became angry.

The explicit description of the scene makes this not just a short essay, but an extremely YY pornographic book.

"Damn it Mike!"

Although Mark knew that his daughter's behavior was just a nymphomaniac, he was unwilling to believe that his daughter would be like this, and ultimately blamed the problem on Mike.

It's all because the other person is too handsome, and it's also because the other person is "attracting bees and butterflies"...

The old father, who was in his daughter's room, became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. Finally, he couldn't help but slammed the desk hard.

"What are you doing!!!"

Just at this moment, Mark, who was immersed in his personal emotions, was suddenly awakened by his daughter's voice.

When he turned around, he saw his daughter Maggie staring at him angrily at the door.

A moment of guilt... panic... misunderstanding... and other complex emotions intertwined and eventually turned into the old father's anger.

"What's in your diary? You're a girl, why did you do this?" Anger turned into accusations. Mark no longer cared about so much and just wanted to correct his daughter's strange mentality.

But he didn't understand the situation at all. How could a young girl be in the mood to listen to a lecture from a man she "didn't know" when her diary was read by him?

"Why did you enter my room without my permission and rummage through my things~" Maggie looked very agitated and rushed forward to snatch back the notebook.

"I..." Mark was speechless for a moment, and then he realized that even though he had turned into an 18-year-old, he was not his daughter's father in her eyes.

However, he still had to say: "Even if I am not someone you know, I can't just watch you continue to make mistakes."

"Made a mistake? What right do you have to criticize me? You're not my dad~" Maggie was almost crying with anger, and she argued: "Even if you are my dad, you can't peek into my diary without permission!"

… “What happened?”

The loud quarrel attracted Ms. Scarlett, who had just returned to her room to calm down.

Seeing her daughter's aggrieved look with tears in her eyes, she walked up to the girl and gently hugged her, then stared at Mark together with her.

"I, I didn't mean it..." Stared at by his wife's serious eyes, Mark felt a little stressed, and unconsciously lowered his mentality and explained: "It was Maggie. She actually wrote a secret story between herself and another boy in her diary..."

Scarlett also discovered at this time that her daughter was holding a diary tightly in her arms.

Like her daughter, Scarlett also disagrees with reading other people's private diaries without permission.

Therefore, she did not listen to what Mark said later, but condemned: “As an outsider, you should not interfere in our family affairs. Please leave now. We do not welcome impolite people in our home.”

At this point, the woman's good impression of Mark, as well as her previous unreasonable fantasies, were all suppressed.

Faced with his wife's cold expression, Mark, who has an 18-year-old face, truly felt that he and she were no longer a family.

And I am not in the position to "educate" my daughter.

"What's going on? Are we still going to play baseball later?" Alex, who had excitedly gone to the warehouse to find equipment, also came to the scene with a baseball, gloves and other things.

"Mark read your sister's diary without permission." Scarlett explained the general situation to her son.

At the same time, it also implicitly reminds the other party that they need to be cautious when making friends.

"This..." Alex stared at his friend in disbelief for a long time. Seeing that the other party did not refute, he silently retreated behind his mother and sister.

It’s no wonder that the two O’Donnell children, despite their character flaws due to their mother’s education, still have quite positive values.

This time Mark really became an "outsider". He opened his mouth several times and tried to explain again. But he also knew that if he didn't reveal his identity, the three people opposite him would probably not listen to what he said.

However, returning to the age of eighteen was still too unbelievable. Even if he told it to Scarlett and the other two, they would definitely not believe it. They would just think that Mark was making up a story.

So, things have become a vicious circle here.

"Sorry, I apologize to Maggie for my previous behavior. Sorry~" Mark chose to leave temporarily to let everyone calm down. Before leaving, he continued: "And Scarlett, I'm sorry to bother you today. As for Alex, we can play together next time when we are free..."

After saying that, Mark prepared to leave.

"Wait~" Scarlett frowned and stopped him, saying seriously: "You should call me auntie. I was negligent before. Please pay attention to it in the future. And if possible, please stay away from my two children in the future. They are not as mature as you..."

Yes, in Scarlett's eyes, all of Mark's previous strange behaviors were classified as maturity.

This also explains why she had a slightly special feeling for the eighteen-year-old boy even though she was so old.

Of course, this is all Scarlett's personal understanding.

"I'll pay attention...Scarlett, Auntie~" Mark, who thought things could still turn around, turned around and left in frustration after hearing his wife's message.

He is a little confused now and needs to go back and sort out his feelings.

"Wait a minute~" Scarlett called Mark again, staring at his face again and again, and finally said: "I don't care what your relationship with my husband O'Donnell is, but if possible, please tell him that I will go to the court to formally file for divorce next weekend. It depends on him whether he comes or not~"

……

At the same time, when Mark returned to his rich second-generation friend's house in a daze, Mike, who was in the Fifth Avenue business district, also ended his shopping trip with Grandma Connie and others.

At this time, everyone was carrying large and small bags in their hands, including the cold-faced woman Nidi.

Peggy wore a cute Christmas hat on her head, which looked very cute with the girl's dissatisfied expression.

"Thanks for the treat, Mike. Then John and I will go home~" Grandma Connie enjoyed today's activities very much. She almost had all the fun, eating, drinking and having fun.

Now she just wanted to complete the last item and have an unforgettable time alone with Professor John.

After seeing off Professor John and the other man, who were beaming with joy, Father George also said goodbye, "I'm sorry for your expense today, Mike. When you return to Texas someday, I'll prepare special barbecue for you."

Mike, who is now not short of money, said that he will pay for all the expenses today, and he will definitely do what he says.

This generous move also made George's father a little embarrassed. Who would have thought that in Apple City, a pair of Christmas gloves would cost hundreds of dollars.

Father George, who had been used to a "hard" life, finally had his eyes opened today. At the same time, he also realized that he owed the other party a greater favor.

Therefore, he, who is not used to owing favors to others, is already thinking about how to find an opportunity to repay the favor.

"Then I'll be waiting for your barbecue~" Mike responded with a smile without thinking too much.

Then, after arranging a car to take Father George away, he also rushed back to the villa with several sets of special Christmas girl costumes.

The time is just right now. After dinner, I can let Regina and the others try on the clothes to see if they fit.

(End of this chapter)