“Mr. Fuller!” Summer interrupted our conversation.
He carried her into the car. “What would you like to eat?”
“Ice-cream and a family bucket!” the munchkin blurted at once.
Ashton took a peek at me and said under his breath, “You might want to check with your mommy first.”
Knowing what my answer would be, the sulky smart girl tried her luck by rephrasing her request, “Mommy, what do you want to eat?”
Dining out in a heatwave wasn’t an appealing choice. I pondered slightly and said, “Let’s eat at home.”
Feeling let down, Summer replied unwillingly, “Okay.”
Ashton changed his route and drove us all home.
I made a few simple dishes since nobody had a voracious appetite in this hot weather. After having only a few bites, Summer went to pluck a watermelon again.
She came back with a large one. “Mr. Fuller, let’s eat this together. I wanted to have it with my uncle the last time but he left early.”
Ashton turned to look at me. “Uncle?”
John.” I had no intention to hide it from
from Summer, and broke it in half. The ones we planted in our
the child, a small one. It was so cute to see them both sharing a
make him, so he
looking at me, waiting for an
me. I could tell that he’s fallen for
which, I wonder who’s
of watermelon from the center of the fruit and sent it
watermelon.” That’s why Summer always serves our guests that. She loves having
up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d
baffled, but decided not to finish
I won’t keep him if
“You’re not staying in
explained, “I have something that I need to attend to. I’ll come visit you
Summer was dismayed.
bed early,”
we sent both Joseph and Ashton off. The
calendar, Summer would be turning
day, which was a weekend, Joseph came
him but was quite astonished to see the loads
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