A Love Trap

Fabio looked at Dany with interest.

She, however, was not as interested as he was.

She only wanted to be with Ashley. Even just sitting around without doing or saying anything sounded nice enough.

She liked being in Ashley's company.

Every now and then, she watched Fabio and Richard as all three of them played together. For a second, she opened her mouth, but nothing came out.

She had decided to play with them for a while, seeing that it was still early.

After spending some time with them, she couldn't take it anymore. Finally, she asked, "Where's your mommy, Fabio?"

'How I wish I could just call her Mommy, ' she thought.

She knew, however, that it wasn't possible at the moment.

Ashley was Fabio's mother, not hers.

She couldn't call her that for the time being.

"Mommy should be in the study right now. Why? What's up, Dany?" Fabio inquired.

"It's nothing. I was just wondering," Dany said innocently.

The conversation continued, and it eventually bored her.

Suddenly, the door swung open, and a man with gray hair, who appeared to be around seventy years of age, entered the room. Interestingly, he looked like he had the energy of a younger man.

Upon seeing the older gentleman, Fabio and Richard immediately stood up and ran toward him. They addressed him as their great grandpa.

"Good boys," Chant said.

He held the children's hands.

Playing with Fabio and Richard was Chant's favorite thing to do.

As he was playing with the children, he noticed Dany sitting close to them. He was intrigued.

However, before he could even think of what to say to the little girl, Fabio took him by the hand and dragged him toward Dany. "Great Grandpa, this is a friend I made in kindergarten. Her name's Dany."

turned to the

can call him Great Grandpa, too,"

Grandpa,"

Chant told her. Immediately, the

study and joined them. At last, she

homework, but Fabio and Dany remained in the living room watching TV.

Dany

tried to be very careful,

Dany? Do you

the little

Cayn a little,

not to think of Cayn.

imagined that her adopted daughter

the little girl's head and smiled. "It's okay. If you miss them, you can tell me. I will drive you back. But if you want to play here longer, that's

little

"Okay."

she had to pick up Fabio and Richard

gotten home, couldn't help feeling disappointed.

arrived, he headed toward Ashley's direction.

her in his

got to the living room. When he was about to sit down, he found that the spots beside

little girl he

little girl?' Andrew

fixed on

could study her for long,

his ear, "What are you looking

how Andrew's eyes looked. She knew that

Dany was just

covered, Andrew asked, aggrieved, "Why didn't

do in the company today, so I came home early. I picked up the two kids on

her head and

just so tall.

a hand covered his eyes, Dany had

looked cold and calculating, and he

of her

like Daddy?' she asked