The neighbors had always thought that Charlotte was Mrs. Berry’s daughter and those three kids were her grandchildren.

Mrs. Berry tried explaining the situation to them at first, but Charlotte told her she did not have to. After all, Charlotte did feel like she was a daughter to her.

They might not be blood-related, but Mrs. Berry was like family to her.

Mrs. Berry was the second closest to her after her own father.

Although she gave birth to the children after her father’s demise, Mrs. Berry was still a loved one to her.

Mrs. Berry had always been there since Charlotte was a child. She never once left her.

 

She had yet reached the house, but hearing the neighbors talking about Mrs. Berry was enough to bring Charlotte to tears.

“Don’t cry, Mommy,” Ellie said, putting her small hands around her mother’s face, “Mrs. Berry will be watching over us from heaven.”

 

Charlotte nodded and planted a kiss on the girl’s forehead as they walked into the house.

Everything still looked the same.

swimming in the fish tank and Little Fifi’s cage was still hanging on the balcony, swaying to the

the family photo

their brightest smiles in the photo. Back then, Charlotte was carefree and Mrs. Berry smiled as if her heart

over and was caught in the photo

were poor back then,

was enough to put a smile on

I looked so fat,” Jamie said, laughing at himself, “I was

looked fatter than you. Look at my

Berry tied it

her lips as she reminisced about

she started learning other cute ways of tying girls’ hair so she

in thrill, “She would try different braids every

head tenderly. “You would always ask for a photo after she

at them when I come back. Let me go

and went back to her room

my cars and

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