“Mr. Fuller!” Summer interrupted our conversation.
He carried her into the car. “What would you like to eat?”
“Ice-cream and a family bucket!” the munchkin blurted at once.
Ashton took a peek at me and said under his breath, “You might want to check with your mommy first.”
Knowing what my answer would be, the sulky smart girl tried her luck by rephrasing her request, “Mommy, what do you want to eat?”
Dining out in a heatwave wasn’t an appealing choice. I pondered slightly and said, “Let’s eat at home.”
Feeling let down, Summer replied unwillingly, “Okay.”
Ashton changed his route and drove us all home.
I made a few simple dishes since nobody had a voracious appetite in this hot weather. After having only a few bites, Summer went to pluck a watermelon again.
She came back with a large one. “Mr. Fuller, let’s eat this together. I wanted to have it with my uncle the last time but he left early.”
Ashton turned to look at me. “Uncle?”
intention to
half. The ones we planted in our yard
a big piece and the child, a small one. It was so cute to see
him, so he came here to
me,
I could tell that
I wonder who’s
spoonful of watermelon from the center of
That’s why Summer always serves our guests that. She loves having
fell, Joseph came by. Ashton stood up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d better
I was baffled, but
he stays; I won’t keep him if he plans
Summer asked, “You’re not staying in our house,
and explained, “I have something that I need to attend to. I’ll come visit you next
Summer was dismayed.
to bed early,” he reminded
sent both Joseph and Ashton off. The heat in August
at the calendar, Summer would be turning five
was a weekend,
was not surprised to see him but was quite astonished
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