Ruby Bluen smiled and responded to Lia Aiken, saying, "Miss Aiken, Lena really likes you. Even I, as her mother, rarely get to taste the breakfast she makes personally." She glanced at Ivan Horne and added with a smile, "Lena loves making breakfast to please her big brother; only he gets such a special treat."
The implication is that Lena Horne loves everything associated with her big brother.
While Ivan was speaking with Lia, he sent a message to Jimmy, asking him to handle the trending topics on the internet. After listening to his second aunt, he stuffed his phone back into his pocket and, with a smile, took Lia's hand and said, "Second Aunt, today I'm riding on Lia's coattails."
With a little exertion, he gently pulled Lia up. Lia felt a bit shy in front of his family, but Ivan was indifferent to it and persisted, so Lia just followed his lead.
From the attitude of the Bluen sisters, Lia felt she had passed today's meet-the-parents test in a roundabout way.
