A corner of Henry’s mouth quirked up. It took him a while to utter a word. “Okay…”

q“Mr. Henry…” Ellie said in between sobs, “I won’t make you piggyback me anymore, Mr. Henry. Please get well soon. I want to buy hot cross bunnies for you to eat.”

“Don’t cry, Ellie,” Jamie said, but even he himself could not stop his tears from rolling down his cheeks. “Sorry, Mr. Henry, I shouldn’t have forced you to play with us. You must be really tired.”

“What’s wrong with you two?” As the older brother, Robbie raised his voice and expressed his dismay. “I thought we agreed not to cry?”

“No, I didn’t cry.” Jamie took in a deep breath and wiped tears off his face with his tiny hands.Ellie pouted, but she also tried resisting the urge to cry.

Spencer came up to the children and consoled them. “All right, all right. Let’s not disturb Mr. Henry anymore, shall we? Let’s go out.”

“Okay.” They nodded.

“Say goodbye to Mr. Henry,” Spencer reminded.

“Bye, Mr. Henry. When we come to visit you the next time, I’ll bring hot cross bunnies for you, okay?” Ellie said.

Let’s play

you soon,

out and said, “Wait for me

Spencer.” All three of them

staff took good care of the children. They even

All of a sudden, Zachary opened the door

clenching his chest. “Mr. Zachary,

not even look at Spencer. He kept pressing the button outside the elevator as if he was in a hurry

Spencer caught up with him and asked, “I need to discuss with

visitors to come in without my permission. You hear me?” Zachary instructed and went into

then stepped forward, prevented the elevator’s door from closing, and asked, “Where are

I’ll be

interrupted and instructed, “They’ll stay

“But

did not answer him. He took a few steps

as he could feel something had must have happened. At this point, he could

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