At dawn the next day, Joshua was awakened by Nellie who was lying in his arms.

The little girl poked her finger into his cheek. “ Daddy, why are you so handsome?“

Her childish ways drew a chuckle out of him. With sleep still in his eyes, he ruffled her hair softly. “ Isn’t it nice to have a handsome Daddy?“

“Of course, it is! “ Nellie smiled, her eyes slanting upwards into little crescents, and held his face, planting a kiss on his cheek. “You’1l1ook even better i f you can release Aunty Luna.“

At the little girl’s mention of Luna, Joshua’s gaze turned dark. He glanced at Nellie. “Do you want her to be released so badly?“

“Yeah! “ Nellie hugged his arm. “Since I could remember, she was the one who has been taking care of me, if she wasn’t nice to me, I wouldn’t appear in front of you, happy and healthy, am I right? She’s so nice to me, I can’t bear to see her suffer.“

He frowned. He saw with his own two eyes how nice Luna was to Nellie. She was actually a kind woman. But, why did she do something like that all those years ago…

The little girl’s dark eyes were trained on Joshua. “ Daddy, can you let Aunty Luna go?“

he patted her head gently, “This isn’t something I can

It was useless if he

action anymore, will you stop too, Daddy?“ Nellie asked him, her big eyes

long while. A second later, he nodded. “If she doesn’t want to

With that, Nellie climbed out of bed, and flew into the

back, Joshua shook his head and

for breakfast, Neil and Alice were

Lynch.“ Sitting on his chair, Neil raised his arm in a

set Nellie down into her chair and glared at

his eyes. “Isn’t it enough for Nellie to

at Alice. “Pretty Gibson, you

and angry. “You call

pouted. “I’11 address all of you however I

“You! “

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