Matilda didn't give it much thought. After checking out the details of the person’s workplace and all, she agreed to let him move in. But when the time came for him to show up at her doorstep, both of them were taken aback.
There was Orson, standing outside with his suitcase in hand, while Matilda was inside, both staring at each other in disbelief. After a long silence, they blurted out in unison, "How is it you...?"
However, Logan, upon seeing Orson, burst into excitement and shouted, "Uncle Orson! You're moving in to live with us?"
"The lease isn't signed yet," Orson replied in his usual standoffish tone. "It's not certain."
"Stay, please stay!" Logan grabbed Orson's hand, "If Uncle Orson lives here, Mom won't be lonely anymore!"
Their words seemed innocuous enough to the adults, but Matilda's expression shifted, "What made you think of moving?"
"The lady I was renting from got herself a boyfriend who wasn't too thrilled about me," Orson explained succinctly, revealing the crux of the matter.
Matilda surmised that the landlord's boyfriend must have felt uneasy about his girlfriend sharing a space with another man and had decided to stop renting to Orson.
Seeing Orson with his suitcase, Matilda couldn't help but feel a twinge of sympathy and sighed, pulling his suitcase inside. "Well, you can stay here for the time being. I don't have many requirements, just as long as my roommate has a clean record."
A clean record?
Orson didn't respond.
Meanwhile, Logan came over with a strawberry. "Uncle Orson, have a strawberry!"
"Logan," Matilda said while moving Orson's luggage, "Did you wash the strawberry? Don't give it to our guest if it's not clean!"
"It's washed!" Logan chirped happily, handing the strawberry to Orson. "Mommy says we must always serve clean fruit to guests."
"And you should always eat clean, too," Matilda said, playfully tweaking Logan's nose. "Don't eat too much before bed."
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