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.

well soon, Mr. Henry. Let’s

you soon,

me at the lounge,

All three of

the children. They even prepared snacks and

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

pain while clenching his chest. “Mr. Zachary, I’m

outside the elevator as if he was in a hurry

up with him and asked, “I need to discuss

without my permission. You

door from closing,

I’ll be

Zachary interrupted and instructed,

dumbfounded. “But why?

did not answer him. He took a few steps back, allowing the elevator’s door to

have

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