Aiyanna: Ugh, morning.
Duncan: Little guy’s really got a set of lungs on him, huh?
Aiyanna: Can you get him? I don’t know how to look after babies.
Duncan: You might need to learn, babe.
Lewis: I wanna go see that other baby!
Erin: That’s your half brother, Finn.
Lewis: What’s a half-brother?
Erin: I’ll explain later, dear.
Duncan: Is it really okay for me to go to work? I can say the family emergency is still ongoing, since it sort of is…
Erin: Absolutely not. It’s a big game today, and frankly we need the money.
Since Aiyanna is joining the household for uh, the forseeable future? I guess it’s finally time for her to get a short bio!
A charismatic film school graduate with a certain star quality about her, people have always gravitated to Aiyanna. She certainly has a flair for the dramatic (she’s an aquarius!) but she’s never really been all that ambitious about using her talents… all that hard work just seems like a drag, you know? She’s a pleasure sim! Her freelance job as a home-video-editor suits her just fine, lets her spend her time having fun, maybe even going on 50 Dream Dates!
Her first boyfriend was a mechanic and she shared his passion for tinkering and vehicle enthusiasm, although it’s been a long time since she really worked on anything. She still finds mechanical skill pretty hot though! She loves a man who’s good with his hands… Weird guys are cool too, she’s always had a private fantasy of dating an alien?
Although she passes as a cynical slacker, deep down Aiyanna has always had big dreams of living a more glamorous, dramatic, exciting life… there’s one out there for her, she’s sure of it, she’s just been unlucky! But maybe that’s just her being childish and irresponsible again…
Erin: Like this, you have to support the head.
Aiyanna: Ah, I get it! You’re so good at this.
Erin: It comes with practice, dear. Now, could you take him through to the other room? I need to get some work done.
Aiyanna: Sure! Uh, actually, I'm also meant to be seeing a client today, could you…?
Erin: I don’t mind watching him.
Aiyanna: Thank you!
Erin is still utterly furious with both Ayanna & Duncan, but despite that she never once takes her anger out on Ayanna? Which I’m interpreting as Erin being very mature about it and maybe even feeling a little sorry for the poor girl…
Shelene pops by for a visit - Erin only greets her because she had a want to “influence someone to clean”, lol. And the house definitely needed it!
Fuck yes, this is my favourite chance card.
They’re both still making an effort with Lewis, thank goodness. He seems to be coping suprisingly well with everything.
Duncan: Oh man, I’d love to, but home is crazy right now…
Penelope grew up into a toddler! She’s a sagittarius who loves the outdoors & loves the cold. Definitely a future free-spirit?
They’ve been putting a brave face on things, but neither of the girls are very happy with the situation :(
Erin: Look, I’ve been thinking about it, and I want a divorce.
Duncan: Babe…?
Erin: Surely you didn’t think I’d want to stay married to you after all this?
Duncan: I… guess not, no.
Duncan: I just don’t know what I’m going to do without you! If you leave I-
Erin: Oh, don’t be so melodramatic. I’m not about to move out and leave our kids behind. Besides, Aiyanna is barely competant as a parent and I hardly trust you to make up for her shortcomings when you’ve got so many yourself…
Duncan: You’re staying, then?
Erin: I’ll stick around, but we are coparents and roommates from now on. Nothing more. I don’t even want you speaking to me unless it’s about the kids.
Duncan: But-
Erin: And we’re moving, obviously. I need somewhere with my own space so I can work and I don’t have to hear you doing god-knows-what in the room next door…
Duncan: H-how are we going to afford it?
Erin: I already talked it though with Aiyanna - she brought home a huge bonus from a client today, didn’t you hear? So we’re buying a farmhouse on the other side of town. It was her idea, actually. She seems to think it’s going to be some idylic hippie fantasy land, but whatever, it’s a means to an end. Anyway, I need you to sign some papers.
Aiyanna: Cheer up, babe! In a way this was really about as good an outcome as we could’ve hoped for.