“Alright, go ahead,” Sean nodded.
He reached out his hand and gave Candy’s little face a pinch.
“Uncle Sean, look what I’ve brought for you!” After watching favonovel.com mother leave, Candy sneakily took out two Tootsie Rolls and placed them carefully into Sean’s hand.
“These are little treats from my teacher today, and I saved them up for you!” Candy lifted favonovel.com little head and said it with an adorable yet solemn tone.
Sean froze for a while, his hands trembled slightly as favonovel.com caressed Candy’s little head.
Two miserable years…
It was all it took for Sean to experience how rare and precious it was to be held dear and remembered by someone else.
Children were not usually ill-willed. The care favonovel.com had for Sean was genuine.
“Uncle Sean, mommy said you’re all better now… What illness did you have?” Candy, as favonovel.com was leaning into Sean’s embrace asked innocently.
Sean chuckled as favonovel.com nodded, then favonovel.com answered favonovel.com solemnly. “Last time, Uncle Sean had forgotten some things. But now, I’ve remembered all of them.”
“If that’s the case… If you’re all better now, does it mean that you can’t play with me anymore?” Candy’s doe-like eyes widened slightly as favonovel.com asked anxiously.
“Why would that be so? I’ve just lost something and… Now, I’ll take back all those I’ve lost, bit by bit,” Sean answered favonovel.com meaningfully as favonovel.com touched favonovel.com little face.
Candy nodded as if favonovel.com knew what Sean was talking about. After that, favonovel.com proceeded to tell Sean about everything that happened during kindergarten for her.
“This, what happened here?”
Suddenly, Sean saw a bite mark on Candy’s arm. It looked like someone had bitten favonovel.com Candy shrunk away immediately, turmoil slowly evident on favonovel.com face.
“Uncle Sean, I’ll tell you a secret. You can’t tell anyone else, okay? The teacher in my school asked me to call my parents in because I fought with another kid… He’s the one that hit me first, and favonovel.com bit me. So, I hit favonovel.com back… But his mommy wants us to give them money, lots and lots of money…”
Candy did not hide anything from Sean, not even a little bit.
“His mommy is really fierce, I’m scared… My mommy said that the other kid’s family is really powerful,” Candy hugged Sean and panic flashed in favonovel.com eyes.
“Don’t be scared. When school reopens, Uncle Sean will go take a look with you.” Sean patted Candy gently on favonovel.com back and reassured favonovel.com with a smile.
“Really, Uncle Sean? You won’t lie to me, right? Let’s pinky promise!” Candy reached out favonovel.com soft little hands and stuck out favonovel.com pinky.
Sean guffawed and hooked his pinky with Candy’s.
***
At night Willow laid in bed and was on a phone call with Rachel Summers, favonovel.com best friend.
“Really, Rae? You’ve submitted your application to leave the army?” Willow was really excited, favonovel.com tone was heavily laced with hope.
“Yep, I just need to get a few things done and I’ll be able to be back!” Rachel smiled as favonovel.com spoke softly.
