William reached out and touched her hair, "Isabella, didn't you ask me to come and eat here? Why won't you let me in?"

Isabella actually liked William, in a way that she couldn't express, but --

She pouted her small mouth and said in a childish voice, "Sir, please go eat somewhere else. I lied to you. My Mommy's spaghetti is actually not tasty at all."

William said, "No, that's the best spaghetti I've ever had."

If he could eat it for a lifetime, he would be willing to exchange it with the most precious thing in the world, just to see her smile at him, even if only for...