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

head. “I intend to go

for a job here. Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You

I shrugged. “Besides, the salary of a

in the hotel had trial periods

and it had a fixed,

that brought the two of us together. We eventually became closer after

manager, there were times when he couldn’t pick his son up from school and would occasionally

hotel premises in his car. The drive to

waiting outside the kindergarten entrance. There were also several senior citizens in the crowd, sitting in the rest area outside

down over there for a bit?” Colin pointed to an empty seat under the shadow

side effects, but my body was easily prone to becoming sore

an attractive salary package. The only downside is

on business trips. Summer gets scared when she’s home alone.” I refused, shaking

that.” Colin wiped at his forehead and grinned. “There are not many business trips to attend to. Besides, you will receive two paychecks—another one as a receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city.

did sound tempting. “How much is

well-known university. Being a janitor is a waste of your

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

kids started developing hobbies and interests at her age. I was considering signing her up for an art class just a few