My Little Sister Spent Her Lunch Money on a Birthday Cake for a Lonely Hospital Boy—But the Next Morning, a Black Balloon and Red Box Appeared on Our Lawn

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“The free parts,” she whispered, not meeting my eyes.

“Della, look at me. Why are you saving lunch money?”

She hugged the tin to her chest, her expression far too solemn for an eight-year-old. “I have a project. A hospital boy.”

The local hospital sat just two blocks from her school. I had always assumed her route was safe—she walked with the neighbor continue reading …