“Who else apart from Sonny? Other people may not know me, but how could you not? It would have rocked the community if I had an illegitimate child of this age.”
Zack drew close and asked Duncan to sit down on the sofa.
Instead of taking a seat, Duncan made his way to the private resting room. He asked, “Is Sonny playing in the private resting area? Is he asleep? No wonder I couldn’t see him when I was passing by All You Can Eat.”
“He’s asleep. Don’t wake him.”
“I won’t wake him. I just want to kiss his little face. I’ve been dying to nibble on his face. How can he be so cute?”
Zack let Duncan enter the quiet zone, and the latter took his time in the private resting room.
Duncan came out with tenderness running along his coarse facial lines. Judging by his content face, he probably slathered Sonny’s face with saliva.
“Sonny takes after my sister–in–law.”
Zack’s comment came out of nowhere.
Duncan walked up to the sofa and sat down, replying, “He does.”
There was no way he could kiss those puffy cheeks if the boy resembled Hank.
Seeing that the message went over his best friend’s head, Zack smiled without elaborating further.
“Why did you bring Sonny to the office?”
“Seren said that she would be taking Sonny to her shop, but she got up late today, so I brought him here. He’s asleep anyway. He won’t bother me.”
“Oh.” Duncan did not see a problem with that.
“Do you want anything to drink?”
“Just a glass of water please.”
Duncan said, but he got up and poured himself a drink anyway. He even told Zack off,” You never attend to me and Josh when we come around. We have to do things ourselves.” “Only you two get to make yourselves at home here.“
Duncan was without a word.
Since Duncan’s purpose of being here was to talk about partnership with his best friend, the pair soon got right into it.
Once the duo ironed out all the kinks, Duncan was ready to leave and said, “I’m going to check on Sonny again. I’ll take him out for some fun if he’s awake.”
“You take him out? I bet he will cry his eyes out while you panic and rush to send him back.”
Duncan choked.
That was right. Sonny did not take kindly to his hugs.
Nevertheless, Duncan went into the private resting room once again. It did not take him long to yell from inside, “Zack! Zack! Hurry!”
“What’s the matter?”
His outcry gave Zack a scare. Zack jumped to his feet and raced into the private resting room.
“Sonny wet the bed. Look at the pool of pee on the bed sheet,” Duncan told his best friend as he pointed at the child on the bed.
Zack was lost for words.
He drew close and removed his jacket before picking Sonny up. Zack then took off Sonny’s wet pants and held the boy with the jacket over him. The last thing he wanted was for Sonny to catch a cold.
Since Sonny had been asleep for a while now, he opened his eyes when Zack was removing his pants.
Seeing that it was Zack, Sonny curled his lips and mewed, “Uncle Zack.”
“Oh, Sonny’s awake.”
Sonny beamed.
Turning on his heel, Zack carried Sonny out of the private resting room and lifted the covers off Sonny while telling his friend who barged into the room, “Duncan, can you remove the bedsheet?”
“Sonny peed on it…”
“What? Can’t take the stench?”
Duncan was speechless.
The smell did not bother him. It was simply his first encounter with a tiny human wetting a bed.
Duncan removed the bedsheet. Recalling that his best friend had a washing machine in the private resting room, Duncan put the soiled sheets and pants into the washing machine.
He came out of the private resting room to find Sonny sitting on the sofa. The boy was still using his uncle’s jacket as pants.
“Duncan, go and shop for some clothes for Sonny. He needs pants.”
“Oh.” Duncan rushed out to buy Sonny some clothes.
He worked fast and returned with a dozen selections of clothes from a single store that sold children’s wear.
“Zack, I’m back with the clothes. I don’t know if they are the right size.”
Duncan walked into the office with a huge bag of clothes and uttered, “The quality seems good, so I bought them. Let’s see if they fit Sonny. I can go get the right size if the clothes don’t fit.”
Since this was his first–time clothes shopping for the boy, he had no idea the size he should get.
Zack took the bag of clothes. “A couple of sets would do. Why did you get a dozen? Huh? Why is there a dress?”
Duncan replied, puzzled, “Is that a dress? I might have grabbed it by accident.”
Seeing his best friend pull out a long–sleeved dress from the bag, Duncan turned red in the face.
“Uncle Zack, this looks good.”
With a pretty dress catching his eye, Sonny reached out to grab it.
Zack uttered, “This is a dress, Sonny. It’s for girls. You’re a boy, Sonny. You can’t wear dresses.”
With his dark eyes sparkling, Sonny asked, “Why can’t boys wear dresses?”
Duncan replied, “That’s because dresses are for girls.”
Sonny turned his attention to Duncan.
Zack grabbed a pair of pants and picked Sonny up to help him into the pants. He said, ” That’s because boys have to do a lot of heavy lifting, and doing the work in a dress makes it quite difficult.”
“Why are boys doing the heavy lifting?”
“Boys have to do the hard work, so the girls don’t have to. We leave the lighter load to your mom and your aunt.”
Somewhat getting the idea, Sonny answered, “I’ll do the heavy lifting when I grow up, so Mom and Aunt Ser get less work.”
Zack remarked with a smile, “Good boy, Sonny.”
Duncan had no words.
Ring, ring, ring….
The intercom phone was ringing.
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