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.

mentioned she was exhausted, and before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep. Josie carefully covered her with a small blanket before

her, his fingers loosened, dropping the half-smoked cigarette to the

a loss for words. “Not bad. You’ve

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

it wasn’t a hardship. The focus

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

chuckled softly. “It’s not a dog. It’s

wolf?” She

cause harm to

she told him about Laura’s reaction. “I don’t think

held back. “Were you really that close to her? Then why didn’t

Josie was choked up.

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

lowered his gaze, meeting her

instance?”

his soft, pitiful gaze.

the first time not averting her gaze, “Arnold said

talking about him leaving the world

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