“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?”

intention

broke it in half. The ones we planted in our yard were not big, but

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

so he came here to look for you and

looking at me,

tell that he’s fallen for someone but he hasn’t realized it. So, he came to

of which, I wonder

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

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

fell, Joseph came by. Ashton stood up and hugged Summer. “It’s getting late. You’d

baffled,

stays; I won’t keep

asked, “You’re not staying in our

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

Summer was dismayed.

bed early,”

both Joseph and Ashton off. The heat in

calendar, Summer would be

day, which was a weekend, Joseph

but was quite astonished to see the loads of goods he brought

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