“If Mommy ever comes back, will you love and protect her?” Robbie asked again.

“Of course I will,” Zachary replied without hesitation. Then he asked curiously, “Why do you suddenly ask?”

“It’s nothing,” Robbie said shortly. He didn’t want to tell Zachary anything without confirming it for himself first.

“All right. Wash your face and go down to see Great-grandpa. We’ll eat together,” Zachary concluded, patting Robbie’s little head.

“OK,” Robbie nodded obediently.

Zachary returned to his own room and changed his clothes, preparing to join his family for dinner. Just then, Ben appeared with the report: “Mr. Nacht, the hospital just notified us that Ms. Blackwood has woken up.”

“OK,” Zachary acknowledged. “We’ll visit her later tonight.”

When Robbie came to Henry’s room, he found Henry sitting in a wheelchair, staring blankly out at the storm. He looked utterly forlorn.

of hot tea over to your Great-grandpa,”

walked over

man

to his front, then repeated in a

came to his senses. His eyes fixed on Robbie, bewildered for a moment. Then Henry cried elatedly, embracing Robbie, “Robbie,

visit you,” Robbie replied, handing Henry the cup of tea. “Drink

delighted. He took a big

mechanical dove today. It was rather urgent, so I may have been impolite to you. Don’t be angry,”

me anything. If you’re unhappy, let it out. You can argue or debate with Great-grandpa, no problem at all. Just don’t keep

really so good

back. We can all eat together as a family,” Robbie declared, tugging at Henry’s

“Sure, sure.” Henry nodded.

from outside the room. Jamie and Ellie ran in right

suddenly grew vibrant from Jamie and Ellie’s excited squabbling over who would get to talk to

eat! Mrs. Rawlston prepared lots of

even squeezed juice

hard is squeezing juice?”

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