Always Been Yours

Timothy had no idea how his sister had jumped to this topic all of a sudden. He usually had a smart and thoughtful look on his face, but all Tessa saw now was an expression of confusion. She couldn’t help but tease him.

“Look at how happy I am with my family. My son is so adorable, too! Don’t you want a family like this?” she asked. “Furthermore, whenever you see me with Nicholas and Gregory, don’t you ever feel lonely?”

Timothy lowered his head to give her words some thought. Then, he shook his head firmly. “I don’t feel that way.”

Tessa was speechless-she didn’t know how to continue the conversation anymore. Even Gregory couldn’t help but let out a laugh at that point. “You’re like a piece of wood, Uncle Tim.”

“Do you even know what that’s supposed to mean, kid?” Timothy shot Gregory an exasperated glare.

know way more than you think!” he insisted. Both Tessa and Timothy chuckled at the comedic look on the child’s face. After joking around

I think you should give it a try if you meet any decent woman around you, Tessa said. Timothy simply shot her an exasperated stare. “There’s no need to rush, Tessa. What matters now is that you get better. That’s my top

chest when she heard how much Timothy cared for her. “Well, you shouldn’t just think about me. You have to think about yourself, too,” Tessa replied in a nagging tone. Timothy nodded. “I’ll think about all of that once I’m

after that, so they simply talked about other matters. While they were chatting, Gregory sat by Tessa’s side the whole time. The siblings had a lot to talk about, and they even shared a hearty lunch

started doing his work in the room. Tessa woke up about three hours later, only to see Timothy walking into the room with a rather stern

worried as well. “I’m fine, Timothy replied as he walked over and ruffled Gregory’s hair. “It’s not the company. Something came up

she thought that Amber was pulling one of her tricks again. Timothy could tell that Tessa had misunderstood the situation, so he briefly summarized the

doctor said that Old Mrs. Reinhart’s condition is deteriorating and that things don’t look good for her. The doctor