Michael let his armor down the moment Carmen told him sweetly, “Here, Daddy, I’ll blow on the mosquito bites for you.” He had planned to sneak out at midnight so that he could secretly return all her newfound pets to their rightful owners, but he was so moved by his daughter’s warm gestures that he found himself relenting instead.

Michael certainly had not expected Carmen to bring a lamb into the courtyard while he was doing the dishes.

“Daddy, can I—”

Michael faltered and screamed inwardly, No, you can’t. You can’t!

He quickly began to dissuade her but alas, his painstaking attempt to do so had convinced Carmen that she wanted two lambs instead.

Once again, Michael was at a loss for words.

By the end of the day, two baby lambs were added to Carmen’s collection of farm animals and Michael let out a dry sob as he heard the lambs bleating in the yard.

But the moment he turned to see his little girl snuggled up against him, he felt all his resentment and frustration dissipate into nothing.

It had been a long day. Flipping over, Michael pulled his sweetheart into his arms and fell asleep shortly after.

At midnight, a few people showed up outside of Michael’s house.

 

“Alright; Dan has already led the guards away. Wait for me here. I’ll be back before you know it!” Sophia instructed quietly as she went over to where Dimon and the others were standing. There was a large bag slung over her shoulder.

Dimon watched as she dashed over to the courtyard, looking clumsy with the heavy bag in tow.

 

Sophia had scoped out the landscape during the day and had taken note of the camera that was positioned by the front entrance. She avoided it and headed over to a hidden part of the courtyard, where she knew the dog hole would be.

When she came upon this dog hole during her stake out earlier that day, Sophia had made sure that she would be able to squeeze through it without being captured by the camera.

Dimon watched as Sophia found the hole and crawled through it. Once she had managed that, she reached out an arm and said, “Dimon, give me the bag.”

Cringing, he handed the bag over to her.

thought about how Cooper’s actions had forced Michael into

the tables had turned since, seeing as Sophia was now doing the exact

slung the bag over her shoulder and sneaked

the night, but the same would not apply to the one in the courtyard. She carefully navigated her way around the latter and

the village was cool by nightfall and instead of using refrigerators, the villagers

a quarter of a lotus root, a couple of eggs, tomatoes, and a lonely cob of corn; the melons were gone and Carmen had

Michael cooked that corn… I’ll take

She made sure that it still cast its light into the cellar while she rummaged through her bag and began to

packet of cigarettes and chewing gum. Then, she lowered a sealed pack of ready-made chicken drumsticks and pig trotters into the cellar

they

massive bag that had been filled with food items was now deflated as Sophia emptied its contents

she hadn’t even noticed when, at some point, a figure appeared

unaware as she happily piled junk

stock up the cellar, which was already running out of

pig feed on top of the stockpile. Upon seeing that,

study in enigma, like a rare flower whose heady perfume aroused Michael in

deep hunger within him that

could feel the blood coursing through his body in heated

and testosterone-driven, Michael grabbed Sophia and pinned her against

her empty bag when someone suddenly swept her up and pinned himself against her. A

whispered softly into her ear, his breath stirring her hair in

relaxed upon realizing

she called out gently, reaching her arms around his

reaching around his

of his throat before he hungrily kissed her cheeks and earlobes. Sophia could feel her body giving in to his kisses as she melted into the strength

hand reached out, feeling for the stove. He had removed all the firewood after cooking and the heat of the stove

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