You More than Anything in the World (Arissa)

That’s weird. I’ve been gone for so long, but they haven’t called me yet. Usually, they would be scrambling around to look for me already. Aren’t Mommy, Zachary, Oliver, and Jesse worried about me at all?

With that thought, Jasper checked his phone, which resembled a watch.

Uh-oh. The battery died.

“Gavin, your food’s ready!” Edwin called out when he noticed Jasper as he was about to bring the food over to Gavin’s room.

“Okay!” Jasper responded as he ran to take his seat at the dining table.

Seeing that the table was full of delicious-looking dishes, he quickly grabbed a fork and happily dug in.

“Gavin, pace yourself. Please chew your food more slowly!” Edwin urged as the way Jasper ate shocked him. What’s going on? Usually, he would chew more slowly before swallowing.

“Mm-hmm!” The boy was beaming with delight as he ate. Oh my gosh! These are heavenly! Jesse would definitely love this!

Suddenly, Jasper slowed down as he felt guilty. Did Mommy, Zachary, Oliver, and Jesse eat yet?

“Mr. Whitley, these are really good!”

“Hehe! I was afraid that you’d get tired of eating the same thing every day! Have some more if you like it!” Edwin suggested as he put more food on his plate.

Jasper caught sight of Benjamin walking toward them and started to eat quietly.

“Mr. Graham!” Edwin quickly prepared cutlery for Benjamin while the latter took his seat to eat with Jasper.

His brows furrowed deeply when he saw Jasper swallowing the food without chewing.

“Chew for thirty times before swallowing!”

“B-But I’m hungry!” Jasper exclaimed in surprise. Thirty times? That’s too tiring!

“Don’t eat too quickly! No matter how hungry you are, you must chew your food thirty times before you swallow!” Did he not eat well while I was away?

glanced at Edwin. “Mr. Graham, Gavin’s been taking his meals properly in the past few days! Maybe he’s eating so quickly today because he was

eyes were looking at Benjamin and Edwin. Jasper paced his chewing.

at least thirty times. This is the hardest meal that I’ve had! Ugh. The

quickly ran toward Gavin’s room and locked the door. Once that was done,

Luckily they didn’t call Gavin. I’ll definitely be exposed if they do. No, I must find a way to call Gavin to see if

number was nowhere to be found. In that instant, he heard someone knocking on the door. Jasper beamed

Mr. Whitley?” he asked as he opened

for you! Let me know any time if you want to eat it in the future!” Edwin informed as he passed the cotton

Jasper took the cotton candy merrily and took

for a little while?” he asked out of the blue when Edwin

in his pocket and

make it bigger for you!” Jasper tilted the phone to an angle where

before, Edwin smiled and waited patiently at the door without

Gavin’s number and changed the font size before returning Edwin’s phone to him. Good thing Mr.

exclaimed with a huge

before you sleep!” Edwin

Mr. Whitley!” Jasper waved and closed the

looked in the direction of Gavin’s

cotton candy and finished it as he waited for his device to be fully charged. After that, he went to brush his teeth and took a bath. Once he was out, the indicator showed that it

Mommy, or is

him: Are

reached for his phone when he heard the familiar sound of an

Jasper! He contacted

instantly, Jasper received a reply from Gavin. Gavin texted: Yeah. That’s me. Are you at my

his brows. Huh? How does he know that I’m at

 Yeah. But how did you know that? Where are you now?

Daddy hasn’t

let out a breath of relief. So he really is with Mommy! That was quick. It sure didn’t take him long to call someone he had just met

 Are we

replied: I guess so? We look exactly the same!