My Little Sister Gave Away Her Lunch Money to Buy a Lonely Boy at the Hospital a Birthday Cake – The Next Morning, We Found a Black Balloon Attached to a Red Box on Our Lawn

my leg.

“Is Toby okay?”

Anna’s face crumbled.

“He asked for you this morning.”

I lifted the red box.

“He asked me not to let you take him home if you’re only going to leave him lonely there too.”

Anna flinched.

“He wrote that?”

“Your son believes strangers care more than you do.”

Anna nodded once.

“I know.”

“He has a locker full of unopened gifts.”

“I know.”

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