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“What’s in there?!”
    I laughed. Just like Sony’s reaction, I knew they were going to love my answer.
    “Halloween decorations,” I began to list off with a playful sigh.
    The children gasped excitedly.
    “Halloween snacks.”
    They gasped again.
    “And new movies!”
    “Yay!” they cheered, clapping as their high-pitched chipmunk voices rose into the air.
    I couldn’t help but laugh again. I playfully ruffled their hairs and feigned a look of suspicion. “But you guys already finished all your chores, right? And if you have homework, you’ve finished it all too?”
    They nodded eagerly.
    “Yes!” Kimmi screamed out proudly. Her small eyes twinkled with excitement. “We always finish everything early when we know you’re coming, Grace!”
    Just as she said this, Sony came running out of the hall with a small maroon hoodie on.
    “I’m ready, Grace!” he announced, exhilaration coloring his face.
    “Okay then,” I answered, standing up.
    I looked down at the kids before me in amusement. They took my standing up as a trigger to suddenly stand in a straight, single-file order line. It was as if they were waiting for me—the general—to give them their commands for the afternoon.
    Holding back a grin at the cuteness that radiated from these kids, I humored them. In a strict voice, I started giving out my commands.
    “You guys start unwrapping the decorations, start putting the snacks on the coffee table, start decorating in all the areas that you can, and start choosing what movie you want to watch for movie night later on. In the meantime, Sony and I are going to go buy pumpkins so we can carve them today. Okay?”
    “Yay! Okay, okay!” the kids cheered, breaking out of their single-file line.
    Gleeful giggles whipped past me as they headed straight for the coffee table area. They went to town, annihilating the shopping bags by ripping all the goodies out.
    As my rambunctious little soldiers became distracted with the duties I assigned them, Sony and I were already running down the stairs to do some much-needed shopping.
     

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    “There is a royal more powerful than you.”

0 4: Next Time, Buy a Ferrari  
     
    “Grace, when is your school’s Fall Break? Is it the same as mine?”
    Walking side by side down the dessert aisle of the grocery store, Sony’s eager eyes were looking left and right. His hands curled covetously while he eyed his prizes.
    After entering the store, I had told him that I planned on buying more snacks for the shelter. I also told him that because he was my shopping buddy today, he was also in charge of stocking up on whatever supply that was needed for the snack room. I knew it was a responsibility that Sony enjoyed because as soon as I told him this, he was already wreaking havoc through the store, throwing in item after item of edible goodness into the cart.
    “Yeah, it’s the same,” I answered him, trying to avoid making direct eye contact with all the delicious looking junk food that surrounded us.
    Much like Sony, if my hands weren’t pushing the shopping cart, I’d curl them covetously as well. H ow could one not when in the company of such delicious sins ?
    “I just have to get through my exams and then I can enjoy it.”
    Sony shifted uneasily once he appraised everything that was in the cart. He looked up at me tentatively.
    “Grace, are you sure we don’t have too much stuff? I don’t think the shelter has this much money.”
    I smiled reassuringly, impressed that a child so young was already careful with spending too much money.
    “There’s no budget, Sony,” I told him honestly. I planned on expensing this from my own bank account. “Don’t worry about it, okay? Just buy whatever you need.”
    With my assurance as his cushion, he nodded with a relieved smile.
    “Are you sure all of this is enough?” I asked once he informed me that he had made all the necessary purchases for Sanctuary. “You don’t want to buy