Chapter 203

The supervisor quickly asked some of the nearby workers to go with Lorraine to her car and bring the watermelons. Logan helped out as well. The watermelons she brought were the larger ones. As someone who grew her own fruit, she had a keen eye for picking them, and every watermelon she sliced open was perfectly ripe. She even went to a nearby store to buy boxes of soft drinks and handed them out to everyone. "You're too generous, miss." The supervisor helped carry back two boxes of soft drinks and expressed his gratitude to Lorraine. Lorraine beamed and said, "Not a problem. You're all coworkers with my husband. I'd like to ask for a favor, mister. Could Logan get off work early? We'd like to go pick up the kids from school together." She figured that after treating everyone to watermelon and drinks, they'd be less likely to have complaints when she asked for Logan to leave work early. As expected, the supervisor readily agreed, "Now that you're here to get Logan, how can I keep