A corner of Henry’s mouth quirked up. It took him a while to utter a word. “Okay…”

“Mr. Henry…” Ellie said in between sobs, “I won’t make you piggyback me anymore, Mr. Henry. Please get well soon. I want to buy hot cross bunnies for you to eat.”

“Don’t cry, Ellie,” Jamie said, but even he himself could not stop his tears from rolling down his cheeks. “Sorry, Mr. Henry, I shouldn’t have forced you to play with us. You must be really tired.”

“What’s wrong with you two?” As the older brother, Robbie raised his voice and expressed his dismay. “I thought we agreed not to cry?”

“No, I didn’t cry.” Jamie took in a deep breath and wiped tears off his face with his tiny hands.Ellie pouted, but she also tried resisting the urge to cry.

Spencer came up to the children and consoled them. “All right, all right. Let’s not disturb Mr. Henry anymore, shall we? Let’s go out.”

“Okay.” They nodded.

“Say goodbye to Mr. Henry,” Spencer reminded.

“Bye, Mr. Henry. When we come to visit you the next time, I’ll bring hot cross bunnies for you, okay?” Ellie said.

well soon, Mr. Henry. Let’s play soccer together soon,”

you soon,

and said, “Wait for me at the lounge, okay? I’ll

Mr. Spencer.” All

of the children. They

to the office as he wanted to know more about Henry’s condition. All of a sudden, Zachary opened the door and left in a hurry. He almost knocked

clenching his chest. “Mr. Zachary, I’m old, so please be more kind

pressing the button outside the elevator as if he was in

you going?” Spencer caught up with him and

come in without my permission. You hear me?” Zachary instructed and went

elevator’s door

the lounge. I’ll

and instructed,

“But

not answer him. He took a few steps back, allowing the

formed between Spencer’s brows as he could feel something had must have happened. At this point, he could only

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