“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.

left, he immediately called Cherry. “Hey,

now,” he

around, he saw Tia, who seemed to have just emerged

Stanley exclaimed

same time, he was also feeling a little

the car. I just went to get it. I’m going back now,” Tia spluttered, before walking past Stanley and hurrying to the backyard as if she was trying

as she hurried off, and reached his

he dropped his

quarters at the back, she began her cleaning routine absentmindedly, not realizing that she

you doing?” Mrs. Wallace Sr. asked, having noticed the strangeness of her

wiping this down. It’s a bit dirty,” Tia

that’s a towel,” Mrs.

paused for a moment, and that was when she realized that she was holding a

a

up while she gritted her teeth to fight the tears back

Sr. and sat down. At that moment, she began talking to Mrs. Wallace Sr. about her days in the countryside. Pouring her feelings out like that

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