Spencer saw a beautiful young lady pulling weeds in a vegetable patch, incredibly focused on her task at hand.
The sun had climbed to its peak by then, its unforgiving heat causing a sheen of sweat to appear on Ashlyn's forehead.
Suddenly, Ashlyn's hand shot out before her.
Spencer noticed she had a fat, green caterpillar pinched between her fingers.
Then, she promptly threw the caterpillar on the ground and stepped on it.
The bug just died.
Ashlyn continued weeding afterward, and Spencer could not help but take a video of her with his phone.
Half an hour passed before Ashlyn finally stood up.
She called out to Ian, who was inside the house. “I'm leaving, Old Mr. Leno! See you tomorrow.”
After dusting the dirt off her hands, she washed her hands using a faucet in the yard before heading for the gate.
It was then that she noticed Spencer standing outside. He hesitated before saying, “Ms. Berry, what are you...”
“Oh, it's nothing. Gardening's great for the mind and body.” While trying to dry her hands, Ashlyn said, “Give me some tissues from the car.”
The sweat on her forehead had almost trickled to her neck.
When they got to the car, Spencer hurriedly opened the door and grabbed some tissues for her.
His heart ached at how tired Ashlyn looked.
“What did Old Mr. Leno say?”
Nodding, Ashlyn said, “He agreed. Bring Mr. Nolan here tomorrow morning.”
“What about you?” asked Spencer confusedly. Isn't Ms. Berry joining us?
“Oh, I have something else to do tomorrow.” Ashlyn dried the sweat on her forehead and tossed the soiled tissues into the car's trash bin.
Spencer started the car and drove off. The Leno residence fell into silence once more.
Ian walked out of the house with an old bamboo an in his hand.
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