On the way, the two of them hardly spoke. It was instead Lucas who couldn’t contain his excitement, chattering non-stop. As he looked at the crowds with black hair and dark pupils filling the streets, he felt delighted. “Mom, they’re all like me!”

Evelyn forced a smile, but she had no mood at all. The thought of returning home and seeing Ben and Lucy made her heart pound.

The car stopped at a traffic light, and the man stole a glance at her, suggesting with his eyes, “Have you figured out what to say when you get back?”

Evelyn’s troubled thoughts were interrupted. She lowered her gaze, looking at her hands on her knees. “Not yet.”

She had no idea what would happen when they arrived. She even feared that Ben and Lucy wouldn’t recognize Lucas.

“Don’t worry too much. They’re doing well and they miss you,”

Huston spoke softly, a rare tenderness in his voice.

smile, her breath becoming unsteady.

five years. I owe them so much.

only

felt a pang in his heart upon hearing her words. After all, this whole

in the back, not understanding what Mr. Lloyd and his mother were talking about. He just vaguely felt that Mr. Lloyd seemed to

the journey, neither of them spoke. Both were restless, especially Evelyn, whose

downstairs. Evelyn still hadn’t come back to

have we arrived?”

unusual excitement.

She quickly unbuckled her seat belt, and just as her fingertips touched the car door handle, she heard the steady voice of the man beside her, “I’ll wait for you

rejected without hesitation. Then fearing he might get angry and insist,

day back. It’s not appropriate for

“I’ll be downstairs.”

him, but her gaze didn’t meet

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