This time it was apple-flavored.
Arnold Simmons slightly bent down and lifted her hat a little, looking into her eyes and asking again, "How about now?"
His eyes were filled with a faint smile, warmer and more beautiful than the sun that day.
Hannah thought seriously for a moment and just as she was about to repeat her trick, the last strawberry-flavored candy had already been placed in the palm of her hand.
Arnold Simmons stretched out both hands upwards, whispering, "I've given them all to you, so can you be a little happier now?"
All three candies were used to coax her.
"Yeah, it's okay," Hannah hummed, turned around, and stuffed her hand into his.
It was not just a little happy, she was very happy.
The clouds on the horizon were tinted with golden sunlight, and the girl's eyes were brimming with stars.
*
It wasn't until the two got into the car and left that the paparazzi hiding in the flowerbed stood up with a head full of leaves.