“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?”
intention to hide
broke it in half. The ones we planted in our
a small one. It was so cute to see them
to match make him, so he came here to look for you
at me, waiting for an
aback. “He didn’t escape that because of me. I could tell that he’s fallen
which, I wonder
from the center of the fruit and sent it to my
“I don’t like to eat watermelon.” That’s why Summer always
Ashton stood up and hugged
baffled, but decided not
if he stays; I won’t keep him
asked, “You’re not staying in our
over and explained, “I have something that I need to attend to. I’ll come visit you next
Summer was dismayed.
to bed early,” he reminded
quiet when we sent both Joseph and Ashton off.
at the calendar, Summer would be
next day, which was
but was quite astonished to see the
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