“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
the watermelon from Summer, and broke it in half. The ones
one. It was so cute to
tried to match make him, so he came here
at me, waiting for an
because of me. I could tell that he’s fallen for someone but he hasn’t realized it.
of which, I
of watermelon from the center of the
why Summer always serves our guests that. She loves having
Ashton stood up and hugged Summer.
over? I was baffled, but decided not
I won’t keep him
“You’re not staying
I need to attend
Summer was dismayed.
early,”
quiet when we sent both Joseph and Ashton off. The heat in
the calendar, Summer would be turning five
which was a weekend, Joseph
was not surprised to see him but was quite astonished to
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