Chapter 186

The next morning, Estelle woke up to the bright sunlight shining on her face.

Jonathan sat by the bed, back against the sun, and gently asked, “Wanna get up?”

Estelle leaned on him, not wanting to move at all.

Jonathan stroked her head and tidied her hair with his long fingers. “So, what have you been up to these days?”

Estelle squinted and reported where she had been playing, including the castle in the forest which was exactly like what she had imagined.

Before she turned four, her warmest memory was of the girl next door holding an old fairy tale book and telling her the stories from it Snow White, Cinderella, Jasmine… They all ended up living happily ever after in castles with princes.

gone back

asked, “Have you

her head, her eyes

ice–skating rink. They’d

the skates fit alright?” Jonathan squatted down and put on her knee pads, asking

“You’re not busy today? You don’t need

a break. There’s a dinner tonight; we’ll go together Jonathan stood up

probably because the person holding her hand was, after all,

to give

feeling that was foreign and

Estelle was naturally agile, and with Jonathan’s guidance, she quickly grasped the

her progress from cautious gliding to skillful movements, and thought that she was a quick learner and not at all like a beginner He knew she was smart, but just not good at blending into the complex world of human interactions. She

forward for a distance, then looked back to see Jonathan standing there,

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