Chapter 201 - 201. Dinner

"Put on your clothes and stop saying such lewd things," Anna said walking away, then disappeared behind the door.

Devan chuckled at Anna's behavior, did not wait long he immediately put on clothes and followed the woman and his son.

"It's late, honey. Come on in and play inside," said Anna right after arriving at the gazebo where Dave was.

"Just a moment, Mom, I still want to play here," the boy replied.

"It's late, honey. The night wind is not good for your health," said Anna then grabbed Dave's body and carried him.

"You haven't even showered yet?" Anna's brow furrowed.

"I wanted to take him to take a shower but he refused and wouldn't come in," said Naila.

"Hhh, you haven't even eaten, and you haven't showered yet."

"Now stop playing. Let's take a shower," said Anna.

"But Mom..."

"Continue tomorrow honey."

"Now come on in and take a shower," said Anna and walked into the house.

"Night showers aren't good for health either, Mom," the little boy said just before Anna stepped through the door.

The woman's smile grew, "Okay, then, I'll just wipe your body, honey. You smell like sweat and I don't like it," said Anna.

Hearing that, Dave didn't give any more response, the boy just nodded, complied.

Until a few moments later, they all enjoyed dinner together, even Hendra also joined, and about that, Devan did not protest at all.

"Eat a lot, honey," Anna said as she added food to Dave's plate.

"Mom, I'm full. Don't add to my food anymore," protested the boy with a frown on his face when he saw his plate was filled again.

"Eat!" Anna's orders.

"Daddy, I can't eat anymore," said Dave, turning to Devan who was sitting next to him.

Hearing the boy talks to him, Devan turned his head. "Then just stop. Don't push yourself."

"But how about this food Daddy? I can't eat it anymore, nor can I throw it away."

Devan smiled faintly at the boy's words, "Here, give it to Daddy."

"You want to replace me eat it, Daddy?"

The man just nodded.

"Dave, you didn't eat anything this afternoon, and now you're just eating a little. No, don't take his food, let him eat it himself."

"Is that true? You didn't eat this noon? Why?" asked Devan after glancing in the direction Anna was at.

Dave was silent with his head down looking at his toes.

"After breakfast, he just played in his room, when I called him to lunch, he was busy with his computer in the library. He also ignored Naila's invitation," said Anna.

"I've asked him to eat, but the answer is always the same, later, later and later, until evening, he only ate some snacks that I gave earlier," she added.

"Ever since you gave him lots of new toys, he's been lazy to eat."

"Is that true?" Devan asked his son.

"Maybe it's better if you take all the toys back from him," said Anna again.

"No, don't do it, Mom," Dave immediately protested.

"Okay, I finish the food now," he added again and then resumed eating again, his eyes looked a little teary.

"I don't want anything like this to happen again, otherwise I'm going to confiscate all your toys, Dave," Anna said. This was the first time she had bullied his son.

"Okay, Mom. I won't do it again," the boy replied.

"Good. Now finish your food," Anna exclaimed.

"Okay Mom," Dave answered shortly.

Devan, who heard the mother and son's conversation, just sighed harshly, "Don't be too hard on him, honey. He's still young," said Devan, turning to Anna.

"I'm not hard, I'm just trying to educate him properly. If his attitude today is allowed to continue, then it is not impossible in the future he will return to do something more than this, thinking that I will not scold him. After all, this is the first time I've been firm with him. I did it for his own good too, Devan. I don't want him to get sick just because he keeps taking care of all his toys," Anna replied at length with a deep breath not without reason she said all that, because for her, if Dave is not educated firmly from an early age, then he will be a child who acts as he likes when he grows up.

It is better to shape the child's character from an early age than to let it go. Because, as a parent, everything will surely turn to him later.

Hearing the woman's long story, Devan sighed harshly. "All right, it's up to you," he replied simply because he didn't know what to say anymore.

"Next time don't do it again, okay?" Devan said while rubbing his son's head.

The boy just nodded as he finished his food little by little.

"Good, do what your mother said, and Daddy will buy another toy later," said Devan.

Immediately Dave turned with a lookup, "Really? Are you promise, Daddy?"

"No, he already has tons of toys. Don't waste your money like that," Anna protested.

"Dave, your toys in the room have piled up, not to mention the ones in the other room, isn't that enough?" She added again looking at the boy.

Hearing his mother's words, Dave pouted and went back to eating.

Naila and Hendra who heard the conversation of the three people just sighed deeply, feeling a little sorry when they saw Dave's expression which looked very sad.

"Alright, continue eating, honey," Devan said to Anna and didn't respond any further.

Anna just nodded in agreement.

A few seconds later, when he saw Anna again busy with the food on her plate, Devan slowly approached the boy.

"I promise to buy a new toy, but don't tell your mom, OK?" whispered Devan in his son's ear.

The boy's expression suddenly changed, then nodded. Looks excited again.

Anna glanced at the two of them briefly, then took a shaky breath.

"Eat, stop talking," said Anna.

Both Devan and Dave just nodded at each other then went back to dinner.

After that, no further discussion was heard.

To be honest, Anna was a little surprised by Dave's change, because normally the boy would rather study, read books than play.

Or is it because so far he has only had a few toys and that alone makes him feel bored so that her son seems to spend more time studying?

It seems her last guess was right.

***

"Thanks for the satay," Anna said to Devan, now they are in the room, sitting on the sofa near the window, Dave is asleep, Naila has returned to her room, while Hendra, no one knows where the middle-aged man is now.

"Ah yes, here," she added, handing him a fifty thousand note.

One of Devan's eyebrows raised, "What is this?" the man turned to the side.

"Money for satay."