The Promise of Happiness (Natalie and Samuel) novel Chapter 545

Chapter 545 Laugh While You Still Can

The children sat in the same row as the bus made its rounds to collect the other students who had signed up for the day trip.

The boys voiced their concern for Sophia for shouldering the burden of having to haul the flask by herself.

“Why don’t you let me carry it for you, Sophia,” offered Franklin. “The flask looks awfully heavy.”

Sophia shook her head vigorously.

“It’s not heavy at all!” she responded earnestly, her squeaky voice barely concealing her fierce resolve. “I want to find the whitest patch of snow and bring some back for Mommy!”

Sophia’s siblings did not press the matter further in the face of their sister’s determination.

“How about letting each of us carry your backpack for you in turn, then?” Clayton suggested after a pause.

“That leaves you free with only the flask to hold. Without the weight on your back, you will be lighter on your feet to hunt for snow! What do you say, Sophia?”

Sophia considered it and thought that it was a more efficient solution than her own.

She unzipped her backpack to extract the flask before handing the backpack to her brothers.

“Thank you, guys!”

After every student who had signed up for the trip had been collected, the bus took off for the ski resort exactly at the appointed time.

Xavian and Clayton had seen snow with Natalie before. On the other hand, Franklin and Sophia grew up in Dellmoor. Even the prospect of playing with artificial snow thrilled them to no end.

Sophia slipped on her bunny mittens and hugged the flask. Her smile was wide in anticipation for the day ahead.

A woman seated at the frontmost row of the bus turned around to gaze at Sophia. Then, a meaningful smile appeared across her lips as she did so.

“We’re here!”

When the bus doors threw open, the heirs of Dellmoor’s richest and most powerful came tumbling out in fervent excitement.

Xavian and Clayton were excited too as they have not seen snow in a long time. Franklin and Sophia, on the other hand, never had the opportunity. Without waiting to be granted permission, they bent down to pick up a handful of snow and stared with wonder at how it melted in their hands.

Mr. Yoan summoned the students to an assembly with a short blast of the whistle and led the party to get dressed in ski gear.

As the gear distributed out to all of the students of similar heights was identical, the children had trouble identifying each other through their goggles.

“Franklin, is that you?” Sophia called, squinting as she did so.

“I’m not Franklin,” Xavian said as he pushed his goggles up. “Everybody looks the same here in this huge complex. Stay close to us, Sophia.”