"Augustus, what are you doing here.. how did you find me?",asked Veruca.

"Well..when I was driving in my meat truck, I saw you from down the block. You were with a bunch of people flashing cameras at you. They were shouting questions about your Dad being in the hospital. You seemed to not be talking to them. Then,all of a sudden, you ran! Seeing you trying to leave those people behind made me feel bad. I decided to look for you to see if there is anything I could do to help.",explained Augustus.

"Well, Augustus, I just want to say that I'm glad to see you.", said Veruca softly.

Augustus smiled at Veruca.

"I'm glad to see you, too.", said Augustus. He gave Veruca a big hug. Right after, Augustus hugged Mike too.

"I kinda miss you,too, Augustus. Please stop making this hug too tight.", grunted Mike.

"Alright, I'll stop.", said Augustus releasing Mike.

"Hey, Augustus, since we're all here,we should celebrate.", said Mike. Augustus did a big cheer.

"I'll go get some meat to prepare for a barbecue!",shouted Augustus as he ran towards his meat truck. It was parked in front of Veruca's mansion. When Augustus left, both Mike and Veruca smiled.

"He is still the chubby kid we've known.", said Mike.

"Yeah.",said Veruca.

Veruca playfully elbowed Mike. Mike smirked at her elbowing. He elbowed her back making the both of them laugh.

Meanwhile behind the mansion was Veruca's garden. She has grown amazing and beautiful plants and flowers. She picked an armful that was used on the table at the barbecue for Veruca,Mike and Augustus. They celebrated the reunion of the three of them~

Veruca and Mike were sitting at the table outside eating ribs. Veruca was really munching down on her ribs. They were really delicious. She felt , the delicious and messy flavor in her teeth. They were eating. Augustus left the grill and was about to sit down by putting his own plate of ribs on the table.

"So,Veruca, are you sure is there isn't anything I could do to help your Dad?I could send him some food? If he ever wakes up, he could see somebody brought him some food for him to eat."

Augustus that made Veruca stop biting on her ribs, "That's a good idea.I don't think that I'm allowed back into the hospital.",Veruca as she looks down sadly.

"Why?, Augustus was curious as he turned his head.

"It's just Veruca yelled at a nurse when they wouldn't let her in to see her father. The doctors had to do a medical procedure to him.",said Mike.

"Oh,but, that means the doctors and nurses can't still be mad at you! At the hospital,everyone is there to help. How about this..maybe.. we can go to the hospital, so, I can bring in those treats for him okay?",asked Augustus

"Okay.",said Veruca.

Meanwhile At The Hospital~

When Veruca,Mike and Augustus arrived at the hospital to bring in treats for Mr.Salt while he is in still in his coma in Room 28.

While they were still visiting Mr.Salt,a nurse walk behind Veruca whispering "Excuse me are you, Ms.Salt?"

Veruca turned towards her-yes,

that's me."

She said to her "I have a patient that would like to meet you.", said the nurse as she walks Veruca to follow her leaving Mike and Augustus behind.

Together Veruca and the nurse walked to a different room called Room 12~

As the nurse slowly pushes the door open, "Emma I have someone for you to meet.", said the nurse in a song voice. What was revealed behind the door was a little girl. She was looking at the inside pages of a book that is brown and has adorable stickers on it like a purple cat face, a rainbow and a star. The little girl heard the nurse's voice, her eyes looked up from the pages of her book. She spotted Veruca she had a big smile on her face. The leaving her to cover her smile in surprise Veruca can tell this little girl might be a fan of her's cause all people get excited whenever they see her Veruca did a nice lovely wave at her "Hi."

"This is Emma Prescott she is 12 years old and she's diagnosed with cance" nurse making Veruca's eyes widened in shock. I feel bad for this kid. this sweet and innocent- looking girl having cancer which made her heart sink that this little girl who has cancer wants to see her "

"Go ahead to go say hi to her.", said the nurse with smile on her face. Veruca walked up to the girl. She pulled up a chair,the girl continues to look at the book.

"What are you reading?", asked Veruca as she tries to take a peek on the pages of what Emma was looking.

"Oh,it's just my scrapbook,not a reading book. It contains all my family pics back to when I was healthy.", said Emma sadly,as she closes the book. She looked down sadly. She thinking about her life back before she found out she had cancer. "Hey,hey hey.", said Veruca, she put her hand on Emma's back.

"You'll be fine you just need to fight it.", said Veruca in a gentle voice.

Emma stared at Veruca, then,all of a sudden, hugged her.

"May I see some of the pictures in your scrapbook?"', asked Veruca.

"Sure, maybe we could look at them together.", said Emma as she picked the scrapbook from the bed and opened it to show Veruca the pictures.

A few minutes later, Mike starts looking for Veruca around the hospital. He realized the room Room 12 was opened, there was Veruca inside with a little kid~

"There you are Veruca! Me and Augustus were looking for you! We were so worried.", scolded Mike.

"Is that your boyfriend?"asked Emma to Veruca in confusion. Veruca looked at Mike and turned silent. The word boyfriend echoed in their heads. Mike finally snaps out the silence.

"Anyway, who is this little cutie?",asked Mike. He looked down at Emma making her giggle. "

"This is Emma. A nurse said she wants to see me..to spend time with her.", explained Veruca. Mike was chatting with Emma.

"Hi Emma.", said Mike with a friendly smile.

"Hi,so are you two dating?", asked Emma. This made both Mike and Veruca blush intensely. Nervously smiling they quickly shook their heads no.

"Oh okay.", said Emma,understanding what they meant.

"What you have there?",asked Mike as he moved closely to Emma.

"Oh it's just my scrapbook.",said Emma.

"May I please see it?",asked Mike in a gentle tone.

"Sure.", said Emma in excitement.

She opened the book, watching Mike look at Emma's scrap book.

Veruca smiled and giggled softly at the same.

Then they heard Augustus's truck beep, they realized it's time to go and say goodbye to Emma.

While walking out of the hospital, Veruca bumped Mike on the shoulder and said, "You will make a pretty good Dad, one day."

Mike blushed and smirked back at her. He bumped her on the shoulder.

"In fact you can make a pretty good Mom one day." he said. This made Veruca laugh and Mike laugh as they made it to the doors of the hospital.

Back at Veruca's Mansion~

"Well it was good to see you guys, I guess I should be going.", said Augustus.

He was about to leave. Veruca and Mike waved bye to him. But before Augustus left, Veruca shouted, "Augustus wait!"

Augustus turned around.

"I was thinking,since you're here, maybe you can stay with us a bit? We can be one big family.", said Veruca.

"That doesn't seem like a bad choice for me,alright, I'll stay.", said Augustus.

"But just for one day, because, I have a butcher shop to run.", told Augustus.

"Okay, that doesn't bother me.", said Veruca. Veruca brings both Mike and Augustus to the guest room to show Augustus where to sleep.

The next day~

The three were at the kitchen table eating some nice sausages and eggs that were made by Augustus.

"So,guys, I never asked you this, but, what's going on?, asked Augustus .

Veruca and Mike look at each other nervous and look back at Augustus.

"The thing is,Augustus,Veruca is being hacked.", shares Mike.

Augustus eyes widened in shock, "Really by who?", asked Augustus.

"I think my guess is that it must be somebody in her company.",said Mike.