Killing Lonliness

Poor Joel's young life seemed to be fraught with danger. From seeing ghosts to fires, he'd seen it all. Perhaps it was due to his misfortunate adventure with a mirror, ending in shattering it. But just as he was settling down to eat his burnt muffin, the stove suddenly caught fire. It was a completely random act. No one had used the stove all evening...had they? But being a smart boy, Joel immediately called the fire station and the blaze was soon exterminated.

Joel was quite shook up about it, of course. Days afterwords, he still couldn't be left alone in the kitchen. Sophia understood. But he had to recover somehow. So Sophia decided to buy him something nice while she was out on the town. She stopped by the local minimart and after purchasing some jewelry for herself, she bought him a new video game to take his mind off things.

Her son's happiness was very important to Sophia, of course. It meant he didn't bother her as much and it gave her more time to work on her dating. While Pong was away, Sophia made sure to play as many boys as she could. She just loved the Drakkar Noir-laced letters they left behind.

Of course, she still had use of Pong. With Natasha soon becoming a toddler, it was time to prepare for the next baby. So she had to convince Pong to assist in the two part tango of babymaking. He was hesitant. He didn't particularily enjoy caring for children. They were so...loud.

But he did his part. He did it well. In no time at all, Sophia was reliving those precious days of morning sickness and exhaustion. Oh joy!

But she still had time left before actually showing her new gift to the world. So she milked it for all it was worth, by trying to seduce various men for later claims. It occured to her that by winning over the Headmaster of the private school her children attended, it would provide even more of an advantage to her future children. He did seem to enjoy her charm while visiting for inspections. Why was he suddenly rebuffing her now?

Letting him get away wasn't too bad. It gave her time to focus on Natasha. Yes, it was just yesterday the strange little girl was able to be held in one's palm. Now, she was a whole year older. Her looks were heavily influenced by her father but Sophia could see some potential with it. After all, Natasha was still a Hess. All Hess were gorgeous.

A party was in order, of course. Sophia wanted to see her older children and what better way than to throw a party? Unforunately, the college girls couldn't make it but they sent their love. Henri arrived with Daniel and immediately, both were taken with Delilah. The cat throughly enjoyed the affection.

Roselle made sure to give attention to the birthday girl and Joel. Joel was pleased to have his oldest sister there. She was always so nice to him. And she even brought cookies!