Falling in Love With A One-Night Stand

“What are you looking for?” A woman dressed in black asked Gary.

Startled by the woman’s voice, Gary turned his gaze to the person behind him. He couldn’t see the woman’s face clearly because it was too dark. The only thing he could tell was that the woman might be in her fifties.

“Who are you?” Gary asked warily, becoming nervous.

The woman laughed out loud and then asked him, “I should be the one to ask that question. You’re on my doorstep right now. Do you have any idea about that?”

It wasn’t until Gary saw the gate that he realized he had accidentally wandered into someone else’s home. Then the woman stepped out of the shadows. Her dark green eyes sparkled like emeralds in the pale moonlight.

Gary stepped back and said, “I’m sorry, madame. I’ll leave right now. | came here to find a moon-shaped shell for my friend.” As he spoke, he looked down at the shell at the woman’s feet.

“Are you looking for this?” the woman asked, picking up the shell after looking down

Gary nodded.

“There are many unique shells here that you can’t find anywhere else,” the woman said as she stood up and took the tiny moon shell in her palm. She then extended her hand to Gary.

Hesitant, Gary paused for a moment before walking directly toward the woman. He approached the woman, reached out his small hand, and 523 An Uninvited Guest took the shell from her. Then he said with a smile, “Thank you.”

“You’re very welcome,” The woman spoke softly, “Your parents will be worried if you stay here for so long. You should leave right now, my dear.”

Hearing that, Gary turned around and left. As he walked, he looked back several times and saw the woman still standing in the same spot, waving at him. Because he was scared by the woman in black, he started running. After a while, he was surprised to see the light ahead

“Tammy!” He yelled.

voice and asked,

“Are you all right? Tammy was so worried about you that

“Why would | call the cops?

out and grabbed one

screamed, refusing to look at

is for you,” Gary said as he took her arm and shoved something into

when she noticed a snowy white moon-shaped shell in her palm. The moonlight reflected off the shell, making it

found two shells like that, and one of them was missing a comer,”

this?” Tammy asked, surprised.

you like such shells, so | went to find

that, Tammy was silent for a few moments and then took Gary’s hand in hers while clutching the shell. “Look at the sand and mud on your shirt! You got dirty all over! Come on, let’s go back to the hotel,” she said. Later, she and Gary walked toward the hotel

up her volunteer opportunity,” Peace

“Why?” Karl asked, surprised.

Wayne had been doing nothing at home

didn’t make Wayne stay at home. He’s doing it because of

interrupted Karl

that Karl realized he shouldn’t have said that. So he lowered his voice and said, “Although few people knew the truth, Wayne still worried that it would land him in hot water. He resigned for the sake of the Wright

seconds later, she replied, ‘‘Yeah, you’re right. Only a few people know Wayne actually has nothing to do with the Wrights by blood. If the Carousel Group’s board of directors knew the truth, Matthew might be

“Got it.”

Wayne were talking in the hotel when