“Just take it!” Sophia insisted firmly before shoving the card into his hands.
Uncertain, Juan turned to look at Evan for his opinion.
“You should accept it. Grandma will be very happy if you do!”
Still a little hesitant, he eventually kept the card.
“Thank you, Grandma!”
“Oh, you! There’s no need to be so polite to Grandma!”
“Yes, exactly! We’re your grandparents. You can call Grandpa anytime you want if you find that you need something!”
Staring at the older couple, Juan felt warmth suffusing him. No one had ever been this nice to him before, other than his mother. This was the first time he had experienced affection from others. It had caused him to feel all fuzzy on the inside.
Before he left the Seet Residence, Davin reminded him to come over often to play.
Juan shot him a delighted nod in reply.
After that, he returned to Hillside Villa.
Evan gazed at Juan for a bit before a small grin tugged at his lips.
This was the first time he had felt what it was like to be surrounded by family. “Kyle, you did great today!”
smiled at his father. He had not done anything much. In fact, he had even gotten a free meal, a huge allowance, and had brought back a lot of delicious food. This had
can I store the food
it for a bit
to throw them away if you
“Okay! Thanks, Daddy!”
his son one last smile,
into the kitchen and put all the take-out containers into a big bag before stuffing it into the fridge.
and played with some Lego
other side
Nina off to kindergarten before focusing her attention on Kyle. “Where would you like to
found that he could
he had never been out of
After a moment, she suggested, “Kyle, I have an idea of where we can go. I’m
with a blank
We can leave
boy shrugged internally and agreed. It was still early now and he was in no hurry to go back
destination, Nicole searched
boy’s gaze was glued to the animals in the zoo, his
a monkey. Over there is a panda and those are tigers…” she
around and snapped, “I can see for
walked toward the pandas
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