Chapter 19
Tony got the presents ready after a few minutes.He then walked behind Sean as they headed to the house next door.
Ding dong! Tony walked up and pressed the doorbell.
"I’ll get it!"
Claudia offered to open the door as she knew that it was Sean.
She stood on her toes to open the door when she saw Sean sitting in the wheelchair behind the door.
"Uncle Handsome, Uncle Tony! Please come in."
Claudia brought them in and said obediently, "Lunch isn’t ready yet, so please sit over here for a while."
Alex was sensible too.
He took the initiative to pour Sean and Tony some water and was afraid they would get bored from waiting, so he asked, "Do you want to watch some TV, mister?"
"I’m good,"
Tony rejected his offer flatly.
Ben already felt close with Sean, so he said, "We’ll be neighbors from now, so you don’t have to be so prim, mister."
Claudia walked on her short legs as she cupped two handfuls of candies with her hands and walked to Sean.
She then lowered her voice carefully and whispered, "Mister, these are the candies I hid secretly.Mommy doesn’t allow me to eat them, so I’ll give them to you.Quick, take them.Don’t let mommy know about this."
When she inched closer to Sean, he could smell a faint vanilla scent that was soft and endearing.
He smiled and took Claudia’s candies with his slender fingers.He then inched forward and asked softly, "If you give these to me, what are you going to eat?"
"It’s alright.I can eat less candies and save them for you next time, Uncle Handsome."
Claudia looked sincere when she said that.
Sean was a little surprised.He saved one for himself, put the rest of the candies back in Claudia’s pocket, and whispered, "I don’t really like sweets, so you can save them for yourself.Next time, I’ll bring some for you, but you must take good care of your teeth."
Sean placed the remaining candy in his pocket while he spoke.
"We want some too!"
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