The Gallagher House, Dining Room.
Debbie dropped this bombshell out of nowhere.
Fiona and the other three were so shocked their jaws nearly hit the floor!
"What are you talking about?" Fiona simply couldn't believe her ears.
"Frank has another daughter? He told you that?" Lip asked in shock.
Debbie was very satisfied with their reaction. She grinned. "Samantha. Our oldest sister."
Fiona and Lip: "..."
Ian snapped out of it and suddenly laughed, finding it too absurd.
Carl didn't have that many emotions; he just thought it was fun. "So I have an extra sister now?"
Jimmy watched this show with a smile, uncontrollably thinking that the Gallagher family was truly fucking interesting. They never lacked drama.
Fiona didn't know what to say for a moment, her face turning ugly bit by bit.
Lip took out his cigarettes and lit one.
First day back, just this short amount of time, and all kinds of shitty things came one after another. Lip was smoking so much his throat was about to catch fire.
"This Samantha... why are you guys looking for her?" Lip asked with incredibly complicated emotions.
"Frank said Samantha might be able to donate a liver to him," Debbie replied.
Lip understood immediately.
A sister they had never heard of just popped up like this... Frank hadn't given a damn about this Samantha for God knows how many years, and now he was looking for her... it could only be to scam her.
Great.
Who knows what kind of messy nonsense would happen next in the Gallagher house.
Thinking of this, Lip couldn't stop his head from hurting terribly again.
Time passed.
Seeing Fiona and the others not speaking, Debbie couldn't be bothered with them. She got up straight away and went upstairs to take care of Frank.
Once Debbie left, Fiona and the others exchanged awkward glances, and unknowingly, they dispersed.
Night officially fell on the Gallagher house.
Lip and Debbie's first day back, amidst what could be called an endless stream of noise, gradually came to an end.
---
For tomorrow's concert, Dexter had been busy as hell all day, exhausted.
It wasn't until past nine in the evening that he and an equally tired Bianca returned home and collapsed onto the sofa.
After resting for a while, Dexter remembered Karen had called earlier. He struggled to get up and said to Bianca, "You go shower first. I'll take the dog out for a walk."
"Okay," Bianca was indeed exhausted. She responded and dragged her tired body upstairs.
Dexter took Daijiu out and took out his phone to call Karen.
Karen was outside playing with Jody.
It was funny to say; although Jody was very stupid, after spending these days together, Karen felt that being with Jody was actually quite relaxing...
Probably because Jody was stupid.
Seeing Dexter's call, Karen immediately sent the idiot Jody aside without hesitation. "Hello."
"Sorry, too busy today. What did you want to say when you called earlier?" Dexter asked.
Karen didn't waste time and immediately explained the situation roughly—that is, Lip wanting to marry her.
After listening, Dexter smiled.
Karen's story had finally reached this step after all.
If Karen and Lip got married... what would Lip's future look like?
There probably wouldn't be a future.
College would disappear from Lip's life, replaced by a life of destitution and a family full of messy drama. Oh right, maybe there would be a new little Gallagher, directly wiping out at least the next ten-plus years of Lip's life.
Family, kids... there were pros and cons.
Overall, the cons actually outweighed the pros.
"You don't mind getting married, right?" Dexter asked with a smile.
"I don't mind. Whatever you say, I'll do," Karen was obedient to an absurd degree.
"Okay, I need to think about this. Stall for a while first," Dexter thought for a moment and replied.
"Okay," Karen had no objection.
"That's it then. Come over to play early tomorrow," Dexter said with a smile.
"Mm," Karen nodded.
Dexter hung up, put away his phone, and looked at the Gallagher house not too far away.
Should I ruin Lip just like this?
Or give Lip one last chance?
Dexter did hate Lip, that was true... but accurately speaking, he hated the Lip of this current age—the Lip who didn't understand how cruel society was and was always self-righteous. The Lip from the later seasons of the original show was actually okay; he didn't hate him.
Dexter thought for a long time and finally decided to wait and see a little.
To see if Lip had changed this time, or if he was still that big of an idiot.
Having made the decision, Dexter didn't think much more and went home.
Bianca had finished showering. Wearing pajamas, she was cutting fruit in the kitchen. Seeing Dexter return, she said, "Go shower quickly, you stink to high heaven."
"Is that so?" Dexter smiled wickedly, walked quickly behind Bianca, and made a move to lean in on her. "Stinky? Then let's be stinky together!"
"Ah, stay away from me! I just showered, you stink!" Bianca screamed and ran away.
Dexter deliberately messed around with Bianca for a while before going upstairs to shower with satisfaction.
Bianca had broken a sweat again running around and was very dissatisfied. "Dexter, I've discovered you are a jerk!"
"Haha, congratulations, you finally figured it out," Dexter laughed back as he went upstairs.
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The Milkovich House.
To this day, Mandy remained taciturn. She didn't go out to play. After work, she went home to watch TV, smoke, and drink. Her whole being was incredibly depressed.
Mickey had eaten and drunk his fill outside. Returning home and seeing Mandy like this, he really had a headache.
Although Mickey always felt that everyone had their own life and respected others' fates, Terry had been shot dead, and Mandy was family after all...
Mickey was very hesitant, not knowing if he should tell her Lip was back.
Mandy noticed Mickey looking at her and shouted unhappily, "What the fuck are you looking at?"
Mickey was used to Mandy being like this and didn't mind. "How long are you going to keep up this ghost-like appearance? Are there no men outside?"
"Fuck off!" Mandy cursed grumpily.
"Fuck you!" Mickey cursed back decisively, then took a drag of his cigarette. "Lip was released early. He went home today."
Thump.
A die-hard romantic couldn't be judged by common sense. Mandy's heart tightened instantly, her expression no longer the same as usual. Subconsciously, she wanted to go find Lip.
However, in a flash, Mandy calmed down. "None of my business."
"Heh." He said what needed to be said. Mickey couldn't be bothered to waste more words. He sneered, walked to the bathroom, and prepared to shower.
After showering.
Mickey walked out of the bathroom and looked.
Good lord.
Mandy was gone.
Where did she go? No need to guess.
Mickey shook his head with a bitter smile. He didn't want to say anything and went straight back to his room to do whatever he needed to do.
As for Mandy going out to find Lip to be tortured...
Whatever. Not his business.
---
Outside the Gallagher House, Backyard.
Driving Mickey's car, Mandy, who had sped all the way here, lit a cigarette and turned to look at Lip's room.
She watched for a long time.
Mandy finally couldn't hold back. She took out her phone and sent a text to Lip.
"Heard you're back?"