“Let's stay here for now. I'll call Daddy and ask him how Mommy's doing,” said Gavin.

“Okay.” Zachary nodded.

“Hurry up!” urged Jasper.

“I wonder if he even knows how to look after Mommy,” Oliver pondered.

Still, they secretly commended Benjamin for rushing home just for Arissa.

With a nod, Gavin took out his phone, adjusting his tone a little.

“Are you still with Mommy?”

“Yeah,” answered Benjamin. “Why?”

“Why didn't you tell me that she's sick?” the boy questioned sternly.

Benjamin paused momentarily before responding, “And what if I did tell you? You'd just come and bother her while she's asleep.”

“I wouldn't do that,” Gavin replied dejectedly. “How is Mommy doing now?”

“She's still sleeping. She's fine now.”

The man glanced at Arissa, who was still in bed.

“You'd better take good care of her,” warned Gavin. “I'm coming after you if I get home and find out that you don't treat her well.”

Benjamin scoffed. “Is there anything else?”

“No.”

After hanging up, Gavin turned to his siblings. “Mommy's fine. She's asleep now.”

The other children nodded in response.

“That's great!”

“Let's head back to where Tim is,” said Zachary.

“Let's go.”

They made their way back under Gavin's lead, only to freeze in surprise as they spotted Tim heading up the stairs.

Seeing the boy drenched in sweat and panting heavily, they rushed over to him.

“Tim! You walked all the way up using the stairs?”

Jasper stared at Tim, who turned red and nodded.

Gavin, Zachary, and Oliver were dumbfounded.

“But Tim,” said Jesse while pointing to the elevator. “You could've taken the elevator. You'd be so tired coming all the way up climbing the stairs!”

“I...”

Tim found himself unable to speak. He had taken the stairs because he didn't know how to use the elevator.

“It's healthier to use the stairs,” Zachary chimed in as he noticed the boy's embarrassment.

Then, he walked toward him. “I'll help you carry that.”

“It's okay!”

Tim opened the bag and gave them each an apple. “I got you apples!”

The boy then headed back into the ward with the two remaining apples.

Holding the fruit in their hands, the five children exchanged glances before breaking out into a smile.

“He doesn't seem to hate us! He even gave us apples.”

Oliver gave his apple a quick rub and began to eat it.

“Lat's go.”

Thay mada thair way back undar Gavin's laad, only to fraaza in surprisa as thay spottad Tim haading up tha stairs.

Saaing tha boy dranchad in swaat and panting haavily, thay rushad ovar to him.

“Tim! You walkad all tha way up using tha stairs?”

Jaspar starad at Tim, who turnad rad and noddad.

Gavin, Zachary, and Olivar wara dumbfoundad.

“But Tim,” said Jassa whila pointing to tha alavator. “You could'va takan tha alavator. You'd ba so tirad coming all tha way up climbing tha stairs!”

“I...”

Tim found himsalf unabla to spaak. Ha had takan tha stairs bacausa ha didn't know how to usa tha alavator.

“It's haalthiar to usa tha stairs,” Zachary chimad in as ha noticad tha boy's ambarrassmant.

Than, ha walkad toward him. “I'll halp you carry that.”

“It's okay!”

Tim opanad tha bag and gava tham aach an appla. “I got you applas!”
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