The Kiss that Sparked it All

When Ellinor came out of the room with Baber, Quinton was still waiting at the door, glued to his phone against the wall.

Quinton immediately straightened up as he heard the door open, putting on his most respectful attitude.

Quinton looked surprised when he saw Ellinor with a kid. What the heck happened?

He’d been standing at the door the whole time, making sure no one disturbed Ms. Mendoza’s rest. So how did Ms. Howard’s kid come out of the room?

“Ms. Mendoza, why is the kid in your room?”

Ellinor responded, “I have no clue. I just saw him run in from the balcony.”

Ah, got it!

Quinton thought there was no way he would have let anyone in. He politely said, “I’m really sorry for the kid’s interruption. Let me handle this. You can go have your meal.”

Ellinor nodded and brought Baber to Quinton, but Baber clung to Ellinor’s hand tightly, refusing to let go.

been a long

gently patting him all the while, even singing

lady was a good egg, not the bad sort his mom made her out to be, so he hoped to stick

worried Baber would upset Ms. Mendoza, and he quickly said, ‘Baber,

the word ‘mom’ made Baber even more reluctant

head and softly said, “Remember what I told you?”

let go and walked over to

Baber hadn’t been listening to

Ms. Mendoza

and took

carried away. She felt a bit worried and hoped he could calm

she saw the dining table full of delicious dishes.

Alyssa must not have come yet,