"Stay at home, sweep the floor, mop the floor, fold the quilt, wipe the glass... and make skewers with mommy. Mommy needs a lot of skewers for her stall," Kyle Kinston said.
Mabel Quinn was taken aback. She hadn’t expected that he had to do so much housework, and the skewers he mentioned were likely barbecue skewers. She remembered him saying that he used to help his mother at a barbecue stall when he was a child.
"What about kindergarten? Didn’t you go to kindergarten?" she asked.
He blinked, then shook his head.
Mabel was a bit stunned. If she had ever thought her childhood was not very happy, then compared to Kyle’s, hers was not even comparable.
She also remembered that when she was little, she wanted nothing more than to go out and play with her parents and brother, hoping her parents would take her along.
But until her father passed away, that dream remained just a dream.
"How about sister takes you to the amusement park today?" she couldn’t help but suggest.
His eyes suddenly lit up with a certain brilliance, "Does sister really want to take me to the amusement park?"
"Of course it’s true," she said with a smile. "But you’re still sick, so you have to take your medicine obediently, and you can’t play too hard. If you feel any discomfort, you have to tell sister immediately, okay?"
He nodded vigorously, his face full of obvious joy, which made Mabel glad about her decision.
After a night of heavy rain yesterday, today’s weather was exceptionally good. Bringing along some necessities for the trip, Mabel asked the driver to take them to the amusement park, which surprised the driver quite a bit.
Naturally, to avoid the driver noticing anything unusual, Mabel also instructed Kyle to speak as little as possible on the way.
At the amusement park, Mabel asked the driver to head back first, then took Kyle to buy tickets and entered the park.
This was a themed amusement park, filled with various cartoon characters everywhere. Because it wasn’t a day off, the park was relatively less crowded. Kyle seemed very fascinated, his eyes wide open as he looked at everything around.
Mabel too had never been to an amusement park before. In the past, she wanted to visit but never had the chance. Later, as she got older, she stopped thinking about it.
Bringing Kyle here today was also a brand new experience for her.
After checking some online guides, Mabel took Kyle to queue up and they enjoyed the merry-go-round, took the mini train, rode the pirate ship... Kyle’s face was glowing with happiness.
After getting off the pirate ship, Mabel took out a tissue and wiped Kyle’s sweat. "If you’re tired, just let me know."
"I’m not tired," Kyle said with a smile. "I’m so happy today, sister is playing with me. I’ve never been this happy before."
Seeing his smiling face, she felt that as long as she could make him smile , she would be willing to do anything.
What was he like at six? He must have been really cute.
At that time, was his mother both raising and abusing him? And was what Dorian Howards mentioned about "past encounters" related to his mother?
Many questions arose in her mind, but none had answers.
"I’m going to buy some water, wait for me here," Mabel said. After all, someone with a cold still needs to drink more water.