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    “Why not take him next door to meet Nick?” Noel suggested. “They’re about the same age. Could be good friends.”


    “Great idea,” Greta agreed.


    While they chatted, Jesse finished unpacking his things.


    By the time he 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 some at 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.


    So Greta and Noel took him next door.


    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 tell me you 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 y with Jerome.


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    “Are you out with Aunt Greta?”


    Jesse cast an instinctive nce 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 me.


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    Nina was met with silence. Time ticked by with no reply. Her patience wore thin as she pressed again, “Why the sudden vow of silence, Jesse?”


    “Aunt Greta brought me to meet the boy next door,” Jesse replied truthfully, choosing not to cloak his words in white lies.


    “The boy next door?” Nina’s natural friendliness kicked in like clockwork, her voice brimming with curiosity. “Can I say hi to him?”


    Jesse offered no reply. Greta remained quiet too.


    An awkward pause crept into the air like a fog rolling in at dusk.


    Nick tilted his head slightly, his foreign enting through as he asked, “Is that your sister?”


    “Yeah,” Jesse nodded.


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