Something didn't make sense to Jennifer. If Mary was acting all motherly to her. What was going on with her mother Sylvia. She was so distant like a relative or a sibling. Was the reality so cruel that...
"Moooom! We're out of hair conditioner!" Sylvia came running to the master bedroom.
Jennifer saw that her mother Sylvia had a visible big bump at her gut then behind her a younger and more shy girl followed her footsteps.
"Yeah mom. Like, Sylvia's hogging all the shampoo to herself. Tell her to stop!" The mysterious little shy girl with a very long hair spoke.
"Shut up Gabby. I'm five years older than you so you need to respect me!" Sylvia hissed at the girl.
"Girls. Girls. Mommy promises that the next time I go to the store I get a bottle for every one of you. Including you Jenni." Mary smiled as Jennifer was flabbergasted by everything. The reality has switched into a future where Mary had become a baby making machine and was the mother to all three of them. Looking at Sylvia it seemed that she was sharing the same fate. "Now apologize to your sister as you don't need to be so rude. Mommy knows that the hormones are making you all angry but that doesn't mean you should't act nice."
Sylvia huffed a little bit of air from her nose but said that she was sorry.
"Gabriel. Can you go check if there's some tuna in the cabinet?" Mary asked and looked Sylvia sternly as the girl run away from the bedroom.
"Sylvi. I know that you are the oldest child but I wish you treated your younger siblings with more care. Promise me that you treat them nicely and if something unpleasant happens just tell them to see me, okay?" Mary explained.
"Ugh... Fine mom..." Sylvia scoffed.
"Now come give your mother a big hug, okay?" Mary smiled.
Sylvia climbed on the bed and gave a strong warm hug to her mother and quickly ran out of the room before someone could see her. After a minute ro two the small girl who Mary called Gabriel ran back to the room and told Mary that there was enough food for next week.
"Good job Gabriel. Mommy doesn't have to run to the store this weekend and do the usual dance with the cashier. Thank you sweetie. Come give your mother a hug." Mary said.
As the girl came closer Jennifer noticed that she must have been the middle of child of the 'new' family. Her hug was way more weaker but longer as she was more introverted than Sylvia.
"Hey, could you take Jennifer with you to the living room. Mommy has to hit the showers soon as the other clien- umm, mommy's friend will be here any minute. I'm pretty sure that the tablet is fully charged so go pick it up if you are bored." Mary said as she begun to scroll her very broken looking smartphone.
Gabriel nodded her head and dragged Jennifer to same room where Sylvia was. It seemed that all Mary's children, including now her, were living and sleeping in the same room on top of a familiar looking mattress. Jennifer didn't want to say or do anything as Gabriel let go off her arm and walked next to Sylvia to watch what she was doing.