Cooper looked down at Carmen who was hanging onto his thighs speechlessly. With no other choice, he could only watch Michael seduce his precious girl in front of him.
Sure enough, a daughter would always side with her father. It was obvious that Carmen sided with Michael, not Cooper.
Not only did Carmen not side with Cooper, but she even tried to help her father seduce Cooper’s precious daughter.
She’s a traitor!
He didn’t want to act tough anymore. His granddaughter was more important!
Although Michael had low academic qualifications, he was a visiting professor of performance at Bayside University. He occasionally would go to class to instruct the students. This time, under the leadership of Michael, the show rehearsal went well. Except for the childish nature of the play, it was almost perfect.
The plot of the play was nothing special. Doctor Invincible wanted to catch the goats in Goat Village for experimentation. The goats in the village fought back, but Slowy was caught. Weslie and Sparky must protect the whole village and rescue the village chief, so they fought against ‘Doctor Invincible’ for three hundred rounds, and finally rescued the village chief and the whole village.
When Cooper saw the script, he was shocked. How did Carmen come up with such a shameful plot?
How could Michael seriously act it out?
Cooper had very few lines, and he was just a background actor who was kept in a cage for the whole play. Nathan didn’t have much to do as Sparky as well. He just followed Weslie around with no expression on his face throughout the entire play. He didn’t even have a single line.
At least Cooper had a line—Weslie, help!
“Weslie, help—”
As soon as Cooper said the line, Carmen immediately looked disgusted and said, “Grandpa, you’re saying your lines with no emotion. You have to act anxious and afraid. When you see me come to rescue you, you have to be happy!”
The face of Cooper, who was locked in a cage, turned bitter.
I have to act afraid, and then happy?!
He was locked in a cage by Carmen, and he had said ‘Weslie, help!’ a dozen times, but Carmen was still not satisfied with his performance. She kept pointing out errors in his lines, totally dissatisfied.
Meanwhile, Sophia had brought the strawberry popsicles she made to share with everyone. Locked in a cage, Cooper watched Michael and Sophia share one popsicle. They took turns biting and licking it, making Cooper feel extremely disgusted!
He was so angry that he was about to rush out of the cage, but Carmen immediately said while licking her popsicle, “Grandpa, you are now locked in a cage by Doctor Invincible. You are not allowed to come out! You’ll ruin the play if you come out! Here, eat this popsicle.”
Ignoring the popsicle, Cooper sulked in the cage.
Carmen is a traitor!
She’s a darned traitor!
As Michael was a professional and Carmen also had many years of at-home directing and acting experience, their stage play rehearsal went very smoothly. Everything was fine except for Cooper’s hindrance.
Cooper felt that Carmen and Michael must have deliberately arranged for him to act in such an embarrassing role. He was locked in the cage from start to finish, and they even complained that he was dragging them down.
After the rehearsal was over on the last day, Carmen released Cooper from the cage. He quickly slipped away, and Carmen even complained loudly, “Grandpa, please don’t drag us down tomorrow!”
Cooper turned around and glared at Michael fiercely. Michael was lifting Carmen high up, his eyes full of love.
Carmen is indeed the apple of my eye!
I must have a few more children!
Carmen had embarrassed Cooper, but Cooper would definitely not lecture his little baby girl, so he vented all his anger on Michael. Ever since he moved in, Cooper had disconnected the wifi and blocked the mobile signal in his room. Plus, he would keep an eye on him 24 hours a day, and he was never allowed to contact Sophia in private.
The dog door was also sealed.
The kindergarten anniversary celebration arrived in the blink of an eye, and Carmen happily took her parents and grandfather to school.
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