“Mr. Fuller!” Summer interrupted our conversation.
He carried her into the car. “What would you like to eat?”
“Ice-cream and a family bucket!” the munchkin blurted at once.
Ashton took a peek at me and said under his breath, “You might want to check with your mommy first.”
Knowing what my answer would be, the sulky smart girl tried her luck by rephrasing her request, “Mommy, what do you want to eat?”
Dining out in a heatwave wasn’t an appealing choice. I pondered slightly and said, “Let’s eat at home.”
Feeling let down, Summer replied unwillingly, “Okay.”
Ashton changed his route and drove us all home.
I made a few simple dishes since nobody had a voracious appetite in this hot weather. After having only a few bites, Summer went to pluck a watermelon again.
She came back with a large one. “Mr. Fuller, let’s eat this together. I wanted to have it with my uncle the last time but he left early.”
Ashton turned to look at me. “Uncle?”
I had no intention to
from Summer, and broke it in half. The ones we planted in
man held a big piece and the child, a small one. It was so cute to see
so he
looking at me,
of me. I could tell that he’s fallen for someone but he hasn’t realized it.
of which, I
of watermelon from the center of the fruit and sent it to my
eat watermelon.” That’s why Summer always
Ashton stood up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d better go get
you…” Staying over? I was baffled, but decided not to
stays; I won’t
not staying in
something that I need
Summer was dismayed.
early,”
and Ashton off. The heat in August was
at the calendar, Summer would be turning five
next day, which was a weekend,
was not surprised to see him but was quite astonished to see the loads
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