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.

off to sleep.

the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, where it was snuffed

a loss for words. “Not bad. You’ve been taking care of her. You must be exhausted from these

composure, no longer as emotionally expressive

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

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

She was taken

harm to anyone. For now, it

a topic, so she told him about Laura’s reaction. “I don’t think Laura is that kind of

from the streetlight fell upon her porcelain-white earlobe. Dexter felt the urge to smoke again, but he held back. “Were you really that close to her? Then why didn’t you tell her where you were during the two years you

Josie was choked up.

point of truly understanding each other. “I refrained from telling her due to considering many factors,”

gaze, meeting her eyes.

instance?”

falling deeply into his

time not averting her gaze, “Arnold said that on the night I left, you also wanted to

him

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