The rest of the day went pretty normally as whole family had dinner and went to sleep at night. Nothing special happened as the sun went down. Sylvia had her own bed while Mary was sleeping on her own. As Sylvia closed her eyes and woke up tomorrow she could see that she had grown up. It was a small growth but growth nonetheless. She wondered if everyone in the family was getting older or did something else happen during that time.
She couldn't see Mary anywhere and thought she must gone somewhere. Sylvia hopped out of her bed and opened the bedroom door. She saw grandma Tress, still looking quiet young for her age, pouring a cupful of coffee out of the pan. The room still looked neat and felt cozy but something was off about the room. The kitchen sink had plates here and there, mugs and other drinking glasses were stacked on top of each other waiting for dishwashing. The kitchen didn't look as clean as it did yesterday. Sylvia didn't know what to make out of it as the whole house looking way cleaner than the small hut they used to live yesterday and day before that. On that moment her grandma turned around so Sylvia could see her better. Grandma Tress looked more tired than yesterday but happily lowered herself down to give a warming hug to Sylvia as she walked to the small living room.
"How's the little ones morning?" Tress asked as she sat on the sofa.
Tress was only wearing her panties and had nothing blocking her chest. It seemed that her grandma felt a bit too comfortable being topless around the house which made Sylvia cringe a little. She remembered that her mom at least wore something before the mess happened. Then again she has never seen her grandma before so...
"For a small kid. You look like a thinker." Tress said while sipping her coffee. "I wish your mom was more like you. She's a, how should I put this, a kind of 'do first, ask later' kind of girl."
Tress made a big stretch as she opened the TV straight out of a flea market. They both looked at the news and weather. At some point as the TV showed a morning exercise Tress asked if Sylvia wanted to join with her grandma to do it. Sylvia said happily no and watched as her grandma begun to twist, hop and stretch the whole body doing everything the program told her to do. Sylvia felt happy that she was able to say no to something. No more stressing over being rude to someone and then feeling scared over it. She patted her belly and hoped that someday she could talk with the woman who saved her. It was like as if her spirit was hovering in the house watching over Sylvia like a guardian angel as she went back in to her room, or in this case the 'kids room', to chill and read a book.
At some point Mary came back to the house looking more pissed than ever. Sylvia gleefully smiled as Mary looked noticeable older than yesterday but as Mary saw Sylvia smiling she tried to yell at her. Tress made a loud cough and asked how Mary's day went. Mary didn't bother to say anything which prompted Tress to close the bedroom door. Sylvia was shocked to hear how Tress and Mary argued so loudly until Mary stormed inside the bedroom. She was steaming and screamed on the pillow as Sylvia was watching all this in shock. It seemed that her mother had anger issues even worse what she remembers having. Compared to Sylvia her mother was more brattier and demanding than she ever was.
Sylvia also spotted a weird smokey smell coming from Mary's clothes but couldn't tell what it was. Maybe it was nothing and after they had the dinner and repeated the yesterday's routine. Sylvia couldn't wait to be one year older tomorrow as she put her head on the pillow and closed her eyes.