Chapter 648 Why Was Jesse Here
As Tim stood next to Mary’s wheelchair and surveyed the place curiously, he was also similarly awed.
This place is truly huge! Gavin and the others showed me around downstairs just now, but we haven’t even finished covering the entire downstairs area. Even this room itself is larger than the room at our house. It has an attached bathroom and a balcony. It’s all so beautiful. In fact, it’s way prettier than the prettiest house in our village…
“Let’s eat first and unpack later,” Benjamin announced. Then, he instructed Edwin to serve lunch.
As Arissa pushed Mary’s wheelchair, she called out to the children, “Come on. Let’s have lunch first. It’s already noon! Quickly go and wash your hands before you eat, Sweethearts!”
“Come on, Tim! Let’s wash our hands before we eat!”
Since it was Tim’s first time at the house, Gavin pulled him along as he ran to wash his hands.
“Okay!” Tim hurried after him.
“Wait for us!”
Calling his younger siblings to follow him, Zachary and the other three quickly rushed to catch up.
As the adults trailed behind them to wash their hands before eating, they could not help smiling when they saw how happy the children looked.
Arissa personally led Mary to the bathroom and said, “Grandaunt, why don’t you use the bathroom?”
“Sure.”
Mary held Arissa’s hand to steady herself as she got to her feet, then said, “Give me my crutches. I’ll go in by myself.”
Arissa took the crutches from behind the wheelchair.
“Be careful,” she cautioned, watching Mary closely.
The older woman nodded in response.
Once Mary had used the bathroom and came back out, Arissa helped her to the sink to wash her hands.
“I can do it myself. You should go and use the bathroom too.”
“Okay,” Arissa replied with a smile. But just as she was about to enter the bathroom, Jesse ran in ahead of her.
“Mommy!”
Arissa gazed at her daughter with a smile on her lips. “Oh? Do you want to use the bathroom?”
“Yes! Yes!”
Jesse’s brows were knitted as she needed to use the bathroom badly.
“Did you forget to go earlier because you were too busy playing?” Arissa asked with a chuckle.
Mary was also laughing.
Seeing that Mary had washed her hands, Arissa helped the former to the wheelchair and pushed her out, only to see Benjamin staring in their direction with a frown. She could not tell what he was thinking.
Just then, the housekeeper bustled over. “Let me, Ms. York.”
“Okay. Take Grandaunt to the dining room first,” Arissa instructed.
Mary felt somewhat embarrassed about going to the dining room by herself and said, “I think I’ll just wait and go over with everyone else.”
“That’s okay. You should head over first. We’ll be there soon.”
The five boys returned at that moment, and Arissa told them to bring Mary to the dining room.
Tim wanted to wait for Arissa, but she flashed him a gratified smile and caressed his head as she said, “You go on ahead, Sweetheart. I’ll go over in a little while.”
Then, she turned and entered the bathroom to find Jesse standing on her tiptoes to wash her hands.
“Mommy, I’m done!”
“Hurry on out, then. Your brothers have already gone to the dining room,” she said before hurrying to use the bathroom.
Jesse dashed out and bumped into Benjamin. He quickly reached out to steady her.
“Watch out!”
“Thank you, Mr. Graham!”
After thanking him, she ran over to where her brothers were.
When Edwin saw them enter the dining room, he quickly greeted Mary and directed her to sit near the head of the table. Then, he picked up each of the kids and lifted them into their chairs.
Meanwhile, Benjamin withdrew his gaze and walked toward the bathroom Arissa was in.
She was stunned when she came out and found herself face-to-face with him.
His eyes were fixed on her, and he looked like he had something to say.
Glancing at him quizzically, she asked, “What do you want to say?”
Benjamin cleared his throat. “Why was Jesse in the women’s bathroom?”
Arissa froze for a moment. She was tempted to laugh, but she quickly restrained herself.
Lowering her head as she washed her hands, she replied, “Jesse likes to stay close to me. Besides, Jesse is still so young, and it’s not like we’re in a public area. There’s no need to designate men’s and women’s bathrooms.”
Looking unconvinced, Benjamin asked, “Wouldn’t it be better to let him follow his older brothers and get used to being with them?”
However, she merely glanced at him and said, “Do you still want to talk about this now when we’re about to sit down for lunch? Hurry up and wash your hands.”
With that, she turned and left.
