In Love, Never Say Never

“Do you want a Dad?” I asked her.

Surprisingly, Summer was more sensible than I expected. She shot back, “What about you?”

I smiled lightly. The darkness slowly descended over the city. On the way home, I gave her a bag of freshly baked chocolate buns.

The buns tasted delicious as we savored them, sitting on a stone bench in the yard.

Sometimes, I would dream of a young Macy running towards me with her arms full of mangoes.

We would slice the mangoes up and mix them with sugar. Our entire afternoon would be dedicated to doing only that.

I started sleeping better after Summer had gotten used to living in R Province. In fact, the sun was usually already high in the sky whenever I woke up.

There was a resort next to the R Province lake that was constructed about half a year ago. After finishing work at the restaurant, I headed over to the hotel to start my janitorial job.

The job was relatively easy. I only took up the job because it was near Summer’s school, so it was convenient for me to drop her off and pick her up.

It was late evening when I finished cleaning the hotel and changed into a set of new clothes, preparing to pick Summer up from school.

“Going to pick your daughter up?” Colin asked, leaning against a door frame.

face. I turned to look at him, nodding. “Do you need me to help pick Michael up

shook his head. “I

confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable university, so why are

I shrugged. “Besides, the salary

the rest of the job positions in the hotel

the janitor position was different, and it had a fixed,

us together. We eventually became closer after learning that we were

his job as a manager, there were times when he couldn’t pick his son up from school and would occasionally ask me to pick his

The drive to school took less

There were also several senior citizens in the crowd, sitting

you sit down over there for a bit?” Colin pointed

Perhaps it was the postpartum side effects, but my body was easily prone to

salary package. The only downside is that you will have

on business trips. Summer gets scared

trips to attend to. Besides, you will receive two paychecks—another one as a receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city. There wouldn’t be many business trips or reception. So, the company believes that they could get one person to

offer did sound tempting.

university. Being a janitor is a waste of your talents. Plus, living costs are

and cost of buying a house after leaving J City had left me with little

at her age. I was considering signing her up for an art class