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

you soon,

me at the lounge,

Spencer.” All

medical staff took good care of the children. They even prepared snacks and fruit

he wanted to know more about Henry’s condition. All of a sudden, Zachary

clenching his chest. “Mr. Zachary, I’m old, so please

button outside the elevator as if he was

you going?” Spencer caught up with him and asked,

my permission. You hear me?” Zachary

forward, prevented the elevator’s door from

the lounge. I’ll

Zachary interrupted and instructed, “They’ll stay

“But

him. He took a few steps back,

he could feel something had must have happened. At this point, he could only do what

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