“Stanley, what are you doing?” Gloria asked when she saw Stanley texting someone with his head lowered.

“Why is Stanley so absentminded? First, he was busy daydreaming and now he’s looking at his phone. Is something bothering him?’ Gloria wondered.

“Mom, I need to go out for a while. There’s something I need to take care of,”

Stanley said as he got up.

He could only help Cherry out as he had promised to do so from the very beginning. Therefore, he could not go back on his word.

“What’s going on with him?” Daniel asked, puzzled by his son’s behavior as well.

“Who knows. He’s acting strange, that’s for sure.” Gloria sighed in defeat.

“Dad, Mom? Stanley can handle his own issues,” Nicole comforted them, not wanting them to worry about him.

She believed that Stanley must have felt something very different, which in turn made him uneasy. All she could do now was hope that he could figure his feelings out. Only then would things return to normal.

immediately called Cherry.

over now,” he said before

saw Tia, who seemed to have just emerged from the

exclaimed in

he was also

Tia spluttered, before walking past Stanley and hurrying to the backyard as if she was trying to

and reached his hand

dropped his arm and watched as Tia’s figure

she began her cleaning routine absentmindedly, not realizing that she was holding

Wallace Sr. asked,

bit dirty,” Tia said, her wiping

a towel,” Mrs. Wallace Sr.

a moment, and that was when she realized that she

break for a while. Talk to Grandma.” Mrs.

to fight the tears back

Wallace Sr. about her days in the countryside. Pouring her feelings out like that made her

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