The More the Merrier

“Go and have a rest now then. I’ll take good care of them,” Darius urged Arissa again in a reassuring tone.

Prevailed by Gavin’s discomfort, Arissa could not sleep at all.

“I’ll wait till the doctor comes and has a look at him,” she uttered resolutely. The others could only give in to her when she insisted on staying by Gavin’s side.

Meanwhile, Gavin could only lie in bed and continue to pretend that he was not feeling well.

“Mommy, how about you sleep together with me?” he asked.

Stroking Gavin’s hair hanging over his forehead, Arissa replied gently, “It’s all right. I’m not sleepy. Are you feeling any other discomfort?”

Wearing a look of utter apprehension, her frown deepened into a scowl. Her gut instinct told her that Gavin had not recovered properly after falling ill the previous day.

“Mommy, I might have overeaten,” Gavin stated softly.

After casting her eyes on him, Arissa assigned Zachary to get Edwin to prepare a glass of lemon water for Gavin.

Jasper and Zachary rushed downstairs without thinking twice.

“Old Mr. Graham, take a seat,” Arissa greeted Darius courteously.

man

carried a chair

his head, Darius flashed him and Jesse a smile. “All right. Go and have some fun now. I’ll accompany

Gavin too!” Jesse emphasized as she

recalled that he had not seen Benjamin since he stepped into the house. Stroking his grandaughter’s

at home.” The girl

look at Arissa.

explained, “He never came home after going out with you last night. According to him, he’s on a

“Why didn’t he

and Jasper brought in the lemon water for Gavin. “Mommy,

she carried Gavin up and placed him on her lap. After that, she let him take a sip

again, she

more.”

a while more, okay? You can’t drink so much in one go. What if your stomach

sight of an exhausted Arissa, he was overcome by a sense of intense guilt. We

glance instinctively, but the latter

Darius called Shaun, urging him,

up, the sound of someone closing