“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?”

no intention to hide it from

Summer, and broke it in half. The ones

child, a small one. It was so cute to see them both sharing

make him, so he came here to look for

continued looking at me, waiting for

escape that because of me. I could tell that he’s fallen for

I

scooped a spoonful of watermelon from the center of the fruit and sent it

forced to have a bite. “I don’t like to eat watermelon.” That’s why Summer always serves our guests that. She loves having a company

by. Ashton stood up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d better

was baffled, but decided not to

stays; I won’t keep him if he plans

Summer asked, “You’re not staying

I need to attend to. I’ll come visit you

Summer was dismayed.

bed early,” he

and

the calendar, Summer would be

was

surprised to see him but was quite astonished to see

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