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.

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

loosened, dropping the half-smoked cigarette to the ground,

words. “Not bad. You’ve been taking care of her. You must

emotionally expressive as he was

so it wasn’t a

The lingering scent of smoke was still present in the air. She cleared her throat lightly and

softly. “It’s not a dog. It’s

wolf?” She was taken

doesn’t cause harm to anyone. For now, it only listens

strived to find a topic, so she told

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

Josie was choked up.

they hadn’t reached the point of truly understanding each other. “I refrained from

gaze, meeting

instance?”

was taken aback, falling deeply into his

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

talking about him leaving

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