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.

up, he bowed his head in silence for a few seconds toward the grave,

back toward the direction of the mountain villa. Shirley tidied up, and Zacharias received several

11.30AM, they set off back

to his prominent identity, they couldn’t stop for a ineal, even if restaurants were on the way. When they arrived at the Flintstone Residence,

as Shirley got out of the car, she saw someone coming out of the Flintstone Residence. It turned out that their lunch had already been delivered.

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

finishing the call, he found her standing there, like a straight tree.

help but frown. He walked quickly to the dining table and said, “Let’s eat.”

nodded and sat down, but Zacharias’ mind was clearly not on the meal. His eyes were full

casually, and at that moment, she received a message on her phone. She picked it up and glanced at it, after

from Cole. He asked if she was free

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

Shirley put her phone back in her pocket and calmly asked Zacharias, “Mr.

just 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

who she secretly admired, so