Never Too Far Novel

“Does it hurt?” Shirley asked with concern.

“Yes,” the man replied.

She immediately blew on his fingertips. “Be careful not to burn your hand.”

She thought to herself that he must be overwhelmed by grief and sorrow for his mother.

“Do you need me to help you light it?” Shirley asked. Upon seeing four sets of candles beside him, she was worried that the man would burn his fingers again.

Zacharias pursed his lips and smiled. “Sure. Let’s do it together.”

After saying that, he handed her the candle and then looked toward the direction of the tombstone. In his heart, he was communicating with his mother. “Mom, I brought your future daughter-in-law to visit you. Are you happy in the afterlife?”

The girl lighting the candle next to him was completely unaware of his emotions.

After lighting the candle, the smoke was scattered in the wind and quickly disappeared as if blowing toward another world.

Zacharias stood up, he bowed his head in silence for a few seconds toward the grave, then turned back to

of the mountain villa. Shirley tidied up, and Zacharias received several phone calls in succession. It was

set off back to

on the way. When they

car, she saw someone coming out of the Flintstone Residence. It turned out that

once again busy with the phone calls and Shirley stood by the

her standing there, like a

now. Zacharias couldn’t help but frown. He walked quickly to the dining

was clearly not on the meal. His eyes were full of

much either, probably because she was too hungry. She took a few bites casually, and at that moment, she received a message on her phone. She picked it up and glanced at it, after which a hint of

she

and even though he was thinking about important work, he still took a moment to observe the girl in front of him.

replying to Cole, Shirley put her phone back in her pocket and calmly asked Zacharias, “Mr. Flintstone, tomorrow is the weekend. Can I take two days off?”

now and the fact that she wanted to take a day off, he deduced that it wasn’t because she wanted to meet a relative but probably the person

who she secretly admired,