As the evening came to an end, Michael carried Carmen up to the attic, where they could see the night sky through the sky window. Carmen leaned beside Michael and gazed upon the stars above.

“Daddy, I wonder which star is mommy today.”

Michael raised his hand and pointed at the brightest one among them and said, “That one. Look, she’s winking back at you!”

Carmen fixed her eyes on that star and chuckled before a tinge of sadness took over. She asked, “Daddy, why did mommy turn into a star?”

Michael looked at the star and answered with a smile, “That’s because mommy’s an angel! She’ll have to become an angel and travel to the skies soon. At night, she transforms into a star to watch over us to see if you misbehave. She will be back in a few years’ time.” He gently curled Carmen’s hair with his fingers and spoke apprehensively in a low voice. “Is there anything you want to tell mommy today? She’s listening right now. She’s an angel, and she’ll fulfill your wishes.”

Carmen made her wish carefully as she focused on the shining star. “I wish that mommy would bless my relationship this time. May it go smoothly…”

Michael’s lips twitched. “Are you in a relationship again? Or are you referring to Nicholas?”

It had been a long while since Michael found out that his three-years-old daughter had started being in relationships, so he was not surprised this time.

Carmen answered solemnly, “Daddy, Nicholas is my ex-boyfriend; both he and I are history. I’m now going out with brother.”

Michael asked, “Which brother?”

 

The last time she told him Nicholas was her boyfriend, he got so mad that he locked Nicholas up and hid him. He then lied to her that her boyfriend went back to his hometown to get married, and that took her a while to finally move on. He wondered who would resign to the same fate this time.

Carmen replied coyly, “Take a guess, daddy!”

 

After a moment of speechlessness, Michael asked, “Is it Bubbles?”

Covering her mouth as she giggled, Carmen answered, “Bubble’s a girl. My boyfriend’s Judgey!”

Michael’s chest tensed up as he had a solemn expression on his face. He was determined to dash her hopes by revealing a dark past Judge had. “Judge ate sh*t before!”

Carmen paused for a long while and rested her head onto Michael’s arm.

Michael fell silent for a while before asking, “Why are you quiet?”

I’ve had my heart

consoled, “It’s okay.

as he lifted his head to observe the stars. You’re one that shines the brightest. Our girl

“Daddy?”

“Yes?”

“I want to pee.”

Villa No.2, another pair of father and daughter were also

uttered a single word, for he was still annoyed about having picked a gay man for his daughter’s matchmaking session

its cover! Stanley

did mommy pass away?”

heart felt a brief sting before he

not have the heart to tell her that Annabel died from giving birth to

at the brightest

a star, and she’s watching over us right

at the shining star with

had been fairly cold outside as of late. She would rather spend her time learning how to make better tasting meat jerky

over again. It gave Sophia quite a scare the moment it got in. Standing in front of her was a husky wearing a pink skirt with a flamboyant

Woof!” yelped Judge as it rolled incessantly on the carpet, as if it was angrily complaining about

comforted it, “What’s wrong? Did something

its volley of complaints

own child

it made sounded nothing more

it stopped at once. Nevertheless, Judge’s break was short-lived; it was not before long that a shrill voice came through the door.

Sophia threw a shawl over her shoulders and went

age of two to three. She was wearing a maroon-colored padded jacket, accompanied by a teenage boy with

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