NovelEnglishArissa scrutinized her face as she asked, “How's the mattress?
Is it comfortable? We can get you another one if you don't like
it!”
“Do we have hard mattresses here? It's too soft...” Mary said
awkwardly.
Arissa smiled and nodded. She turned to Edwin and said,
“Edwin, can you replace Grandaunt's mattress with a harder
one? She's used to hard mattresses, so it's better to get her
one to help with her sleep.”
“Of course. We do have hard mattresses.”
Edwin then instructed the housekeepers to replace Mary's
mattress.
“Is it too much trouble?” Mary asked apologetically.
“No.” Edwin smiled. “Anything is fine as long as you are well-
rested, Mdm. Mary. Don't be shy. I'm sure Mr. Graham wants
you to live comfortably. That's why he brought you here.” Mr.
Graham has never brought anyone home before this. But he
has changed a lot ever since Ms. York moved in. He can even
accept living with strangers now.
“We look to be about the same age. Please just call me Mary.”
Mary felt a little shy.
Edwin gave it some thought and nodded in agreement. “How
about | call you Ms. Connor instead?”
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Mary thought this sounded better than Mdm. Mary, but it didn't
make much of a difference.
Avrissa smiled. “I think it's fine. Edwin will call you Ms. Connor,
and you will call him Edwin. How nice.”
Mary and Edwin smiled. They decided they would refer to each
other that way from here on out.
“Grandaunt, let's get dinner.”
Avrissa got up and wheeled Mary into the house.
“Sweethearts, let's go. We can come for a walk again after
dinner.”
“Okay!”
The kids replied sweetly as they followed close behind.
Avrissa couldn't stop smiling as she looked at them.
“Tim, do you like it here?”
Tim glanced at Arissa and nodded. “This place is so big!"
Arissa smiled. “It is. | had some trouble getting used to this
place when | first arrived. | even got lost along the way!”
“When did you lose your way, Mommy?” Gavin asked out of
curiosity.
Avrissa laughed awkwardly.
“When | first arrived. | got lost in the garden.”
Gavin smiled. “Can you find your way around now, Mommy?”
“No. She has no sense of direction.”
Zachary giggled and told him Arissa's secret.
Avrissa blushed upon his words.
“I got lost because | wasn't familiar with the place.” She tried to
save her dignity.
Edwin and Mary laughed as they found their conversation to
be very amusing.
“Ms. York, I'm not very good at finding my direction in an
unfamiliar place either. You'll be fine once you get used to this
place.”
Tim comforted.
Avrissa stared at his grim expression and nodded.
“Yes! Sweetheart, did you sleep well?”
Tim nodded.
“Mommy, Tim woke up later than all of us. He slept like a
baby.”
Oliver reported.
Avrissa felt relieved upon his words.
“Tim, our home is your home. Please make yourself at ease,”
she assured.
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Tim nodded. “Okay!”
Arissa smiled in response and said sweetly, “Sweethearts, go
get daddy for dinner.”
Edwin smiled and gave her a look. Ms. York does care a lot for
Mr. Graham.
“Mommy, you should hurry up too!”
Gavin reminded before he joined his siblings to call for
Benjamin.
“Okay. Slow down. Watch your step!”
Arissa urged when she saw the kids running into the house.
She kept her eyes peeled on the kids, worried that they would
trip and fall.
The kids ran over to Benjamin's study with Gavin at the
forefront.
He stopped at the door as Tim, Zachary, Oliver, Jasper, and
Jesse stood side by side behind him.
Gavin gave them a look.
“Let's do it together!”
All five of them nodded in agreement.
“Daddy (Mr. Graham), it's time for dinner!”
All six of them shouted in unison.
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