A car would pass by every now and then, and Alexander would wave desperately, but none of the cars were willing to stop.

As the day turned to night, the temperature dropped significantly.

Nala had suffered greatly in the past two days, both physically and mentally, and she had reached the point of breaking down.

Alexander had no choice but to keep going. He carried Nala on his back, stumbling along the road.

“Big brother…” Nala’s voice trembled. “It’s getting dark, and I’m scared!”

“It’s okay,” Alexander turned and smiled at her. “I’ll take you home.”

“Big brother, why don’t we go back…”

“What?”

Nala looked at Alexander’s feet, where blisters and bloody heels were visible.

streaked with tears. “Big brother,

“Nala?”

house is broken and cold, but… at least your feet won’t

some time to

to the place where she had been kidnapped just to spare him from so much

up at the sky where a line of

he would eventually find his way back home with this

put her down but continued walking forward with her on his back. “It doesn’t hurt at all. But we can’t go back to

that man…

“Yes.” Alexander’s eyes dimmed.

frowned. “You asked me to call him and tell him you were sick, and he really

Alexander grinned.

out of concern

notice Alexander hiding behind the door when he entered. Before he could react, Alexander had struck him with a

a pathetic father-son relationship must be

from Drake during their

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