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“Why not take him next door to meet Nick?” Noel suggested. “They're about the sage. Could be good
friends.”
“Great idea,” Greta agreed.
While they chatted, Jesse finished unpacking his things.
By the the stepped out, Greta and Noel were back to their usual selves.
Noel looked at the sweet boy and asked, “What snacks do you like? We can grab sat the store.”
“No, thanks,” Jesse said in his gentle voice. “I don’t eat snacks.”
Noel raised an eyebrow, surprised. A kid who didn’t like snacks?
The neighbor's boy, Nick, always had a snack in hand.
“Then let's go meet Nick,” Noel said kindly. “You two can hang out when you're bored.”
“Okay,” Jesse agreed.
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As they introduced Jesse to Nick, Jesse’s phone rang.
It was a special phone, custom-made by someone from Anita International Group, just the right size for him.
He pulled it out, saw Nina’s name, and stepped aside politely to answer.
“Jesse!” Nina's bright voice chirped through the phone. “Why didn’t you tellyou were going to Aunt Greta’s?”
“You didn’t ask,” Jesse said simply.
Nina huffed, a little frustrated but keeping it sweet.
Jesse might be upset because she went off to play with Jerome.
“What are you up to right now?” Nina's voice floated through the speaker, soft as silk. Hearing ambient sounds
rather than an indoor hush, she asked naturally,
“Are you out with Aunt Greta?”
Jesse cast an instinctive glance at Nick, who was standing beside him. The boy was striking and effortlessly
charming—just the kind who would catch Nina’s eye like a moth to a flame.
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Nina was met with silence. Tticked by with no reply. Her patience wore thin as she pressed again, “Why the
sudden vow of silence, Jesse?”
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“Yeah,” Jesse nodded.