Grape nodded emphatically, then suddenly whispered, “Mommy, Daddy really loves you.”

Josie was taken aback. “Do you know what love is?”

“I don’t know, but I know he’s deeply in love with you.”

The child’s words were disjointed, spilling out without rhyme or reason. Josie didn’t pay it any mind.

Out of the blue, Grape asked, “Mommy, can you love Daddy?”

Josie paused once again, instinctively glancing at the figure outside. Love him?

“Why?” Josie asked.

“I want the two of you to be together, just like before in the big house, both of you loving me together.

Before, Josie never thought much about being from a single-parent family. It wasn’t until then that she realized the profound warmth a complete family could bring to a child’s upbringing.

For a moment, she found it incredibly difficult to respond.

knew it, she had drifted off to sleep. Josie carefully covered her

Dexter saw her, his fingers loosened, dropping the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, where it was snuffed out. “How are you

You’ve been taking care

his composure, no longer as emotionally expressive as he was when he was at

her well, so it wasn’t a hardship. The focus is on official

half-understand the words. The lingering scent of smoke was still present in the air. She cleared her throat lightly and said, “Grape mentioned she found

chuckled softly. “It’s not a dog.

wolf?” She

harm to anyone. For now, it only listens

a topic, so she told him about Laura’s reaction.

back. “Were you really that close to her? Then why

Josie was choked up.

“I refrained from telling her due to considering

his gaze,

instance?”

deeply into his soft, pitiful gaze.

him, for the first time not averting her gaze, “Arnold said that on the night

about him leaving the

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