They stared at each other for a moment.

Then Alexis smiled and started the car.

After rolling up the window, she drove off.

“Alexis!” Leonel called out to her.

But she didn’t stop.

Leonel knew she wouldn’t come to any harm, so what he should do was to go back upstairs and think about how to deal with the days ahead.

But he didn’t seem to want to move at all.

He just stood there, staring in the direction her car had just gone.

But all of a sudden, he remembered the maple tree in the backyard.

Ignoring the pain in his leg, he slowly walked towards the tree.

could see the tender red leaves hanging onto

was late summer, the tree had now started changing

lips trembled and his facial muscles twitched

that the maple tree had changed color, would he

Alexis took some medicine to stop

yet it

she reached home, the bleeding

The villa was silent.

on the sofa, a financial magazine in

however,

looked up and noticed the cut on her

“What happened, Alexis?”

voice,

in Waylen’s eyes, she remained the little girl who would snuggle on his lap, listening intently to the fairy tales

Dad,” Alexis replied

me, girl! It’s written all over your face…

blinked, giving Waylen

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