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?

caused a

was because they looked

two other children next to him.

do they resemble me so much? Could

rendered speechless at the sight of the three siblings. However, he managed to maintain an

just now. She

Where did you go

stuttered in response as he had yet to recover from the

had searched for a long time. He only found the location of the cotton candy store after some

realized Arissa's

Is she my mommy?

siblings, who resembled him. He was convinced that his instinct was

is the real one—I'm sure she's the one. Also, it

surprise mixed with

did not notice the difference in the boy as she reached out and rubbed his head

Mommy will buy

buy the confection for her children. However, the observant Zachary noticed a slight

this boy in front of

was shocked as a thought dawned on

just now?” he whispered

could not find the location

people!” Gavin had not calmed

Jasper,

could not help but distrust the

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

as he

buy cotton candy. They were overjoyed to the point that they did not notice the odd conversation

beat as he believed Zachary recognized him as a

boy who resembles me, and he has disappeared

Arissa handed out the cotton candies to the

huge bite and chirped, “This is yammy!” The

of his youngest sibling. “Jesse, your

slowly.” Arissa chuckled. She then wiped Jesse's face before giving

candy was in a different

carefully!”