Sophia asked Linus, “Uncle Linus, what are they doing? What’s that red-colored thing?”

“That’s called a New Year’s greeting. Those you were looking at are red packets; there’s money in them. When someone comes over to wish you Happy New Year, you have to give them red packets,” explained Linus.

Sophia saw the little girl coming over toward their unit. She anxiously asked, “What should I do now? I don’t have any red packets!”

Linus was well prepared, and he assured her, “Don’t worry. I have some ready.”

Sophia hastily grabbed a stack of red packets as she saw the little girl approaching her doorstep to knock on the door. She opened the door and found the little girl standing right in front of her. She was immaculately dressed, and the purse hanging in front of her belly was bursting with red packets.

“Happy New Year! May you be blessed with prosperity!” greeted the little girl in her sweetest voice as she shamelessly reached out to Sophia with open palms.

Sophia placed a red packet into her hands and replied, “Happy New Year to you too.”

The little girl got what she was after and was about to leave. Sophia subconsciously wanted to stall her but struggled to conjure any excuse at such short notice. She was also aware of the teenager whose cold, wary gaze had never left her since they arrived.

Linus suddenly appeared at the door and offered a friendly welcome. “Aren’t you Nate? My, my, you’ve grown so much!”

At the sight of Linus, the teenager’s solemn facade melted into a genuine smile. “Uncle Linus, you’re here!” It had been three years since they last met, but Nathan never forgot about Linus, the coolest man in his life—the man who gave him Nicholas.

 

“Good lad, you’ve grown so tall. Come in and have a seat!” invited Linus.

Nathan brought Carmen into the house while an elated Sophia trod behind. The little girl got in and helped herself to a seat on the couch. As she looked around the hall, she noticed Sophia’s Shae, so she asked curiously, “Is there a Nicholas in your house too?”

 

sat far away. When the girl asked about her robot, she quickly replied, “It’s Shae. You could say it’s Nicholas’ younger brother!” She then followed up with another

tricked the other day, the little girl answered,

good mental note

to move on to the next unit for more red packets. Seeing them leave, Sophia felt as if her soul had

you wish to, you could always

from babysitting, and it would come

Sophia went for an appointment with an ENT specialist to have her vocal cord checked. This medical

revered for his skills and experience. After inspecting Sophia’s vocal cord, he admitted that her injuries were severe but curable. All

discuss her surgical case. Hence, Sophia left the doctor’s office with Cooper as his nurse called for the next

came walking toward Sophia from the other end of the corridor, and they eventually met halfway. Sophia, who just did her laryngoscope inspection, wore her face mask to cover her wound. She donned a hat and walked along the corridor with her head down to hide her face from others. Somehow, as she crossed paths

view of the man. He seemed young and fashionably dressed, but he unfortunately had a thick

wearing a face mask because he happened to resemble Chester, the online

a thorough check and performed a laryngoscope inspection. After it

good as new now. You’ve been taking good care of it, and I think you’re ready to make a comeback on singing and

and nodded.

will I

I’m

to leave the entertainment industry and got addicted to smoking and drinking, which ruined his vocal cords in the process. For an actor like him, having his voice ruined was akin to putting an end to his career, but he did not care, because the person who loved watching him sing and act was no

his vocal cord was because he heard a petite voice complaining, “Daddy, your voice is scary, like the big bad wolf!” At that moment, he realized he had another role to play—a father. He could not imagine himself going on

you ever decide to get back onto the screen, do let me know. My family

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