The More The Merrier

“How long has Oliver been inside? Zachary, go check if he has diarrhea,” Arissa instructed her eldest son. She was concerned that her children could not acclimatize to the weather back home.

“Okay!” Zachary went off to rush his brother.

Arissa looked around for the aforementioned store, but she could not find it. “Jesse, where did Jasper go to buy cotton candy?”

“Mommy, it's over there! The one with a blue plane!” Jesse pointed toward a direction as she spoke with a missing front tooth.

Arissa scanned the surrounding for a bit before finally spotting the cotton candy store.

Nevertheless, there was no sign of Jasper, much to her dismay.

She could not see clearly as there was an influx of people moving around the airport. Arissa had no choice but to wait for Oliver's return before she could start searching for Jasper.

At last, Zachary came out of the restroom with Oliver. After waiting for a few moments, Arissa brought her three little ones along in search of Jasper while hauling their luggage.

When they arrived at the cotton candy store, however, there was no sign of Jasper.

Arissa could not help but worry for his safety. After all, her children were still unfamiliar with this place.

“Where is he?” she asked impatiently.

“Could Jasper have run off to buy something else?” Zachary frowned.

“Let's wait for him a little longer!” Arissa reassured her children while trying to convince herself that Jasper would return soon.

As time passed, he still did not show up.

Could it be that he went back to the restroom to look for us?

Just when Arissa thought about going back to search for Jasper, a familiar figure suddenly ran toward them. She breathed a sigh of relief and embraced the little boy tightly.

Gavin Graham froze in shock after getting hugged by an affectionate woman who was a complete stranger to him.

“Oh, my gosh! You almost scared your mommy to death! Didn't I tell you to wait for me? Why are you running around in a place like this?” Arissa reprimanded.

“That's right! We thought you had disappeared! If you still didn't return, Mommy was going to use the airport's public address system to find you!” Oliver chimed in.

Mommy?

word caused a ripple in

was

there were two other children next to him. Both of them looked the

And why do they resemble

of the three siblings. However, he managed to maintain an expressionless

her stern words just now. She immediately embraced the

you had gone missing. Where did you go just now?” she asked in a much

response as he had yet to recover from the

found the location of the cotton candy store after some help from a

he realized Arissa's doting gaze was on

Is she my mommy?

and forth between Arissa and the three siblings, who resembled him. He was

lady is the real one—I'm sure

a surge of surprise mixed with excitement within

in the boy as she reached out

that you're back. Mommy will buy

buy the confection for her children. However, the observant Zachary noticed a slight difference in his younger brother

a feeling that this boy in front of me

shocked as a thought dawned

did you go just now?” he

Gavin said he could not find the location of the cotton

were too many people!” Gavin had

aloof than Jasper, who had always been lively and

Zachary could not help but distrust

eldest brother narrowed his eyes suspiciously at Gavin as he noticed the different cartoon

Jasper!” he whispered as he edged closer

and Jesse followed Arissa to buy cotton candy. They were overjoyed to the point that they did not notice the odd

he believed Zachary recognized

boy who resembles me, and he has disappeared for some reason. That's the

here! One for each of you!” Arissa handed out the cotton candies to

bite and chirped, “This is yammy!” The sticky cotton candy smeared

silly sight of his youngest sibling. “Jesse, your face is

slowly.” Arissa chuckled. She then wiped Jesse's face before giving the other children their

candy was in a

carefully!”