“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
watermelon from Summer, and broke it in half. The ones we planted in
small one. It was so cute to see
so he came here to look for
at me, waiting for
“He didn’t escape that because of me. I could tell that he’s fallen for someone
I
further. He scooped a spoonful of watermelon from the center of the fruit
That’s why Summer always serves our guests that. She
by. Ashton stood up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d better go
over? I was baffled, but decided not to
I won’t keep him if
staying
have something that I need to attend to.
Summer was dismayed.
bed early,” he reminded
quiet when we sent both Joseph and Ashton off. The heat in
at the calendar, Summer would
which was
see him but was quite astonished to see
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