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.

getting late. Grape mentioned she 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

fingers loosened, dropping the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, where it was snuffed out.

at a loss for words. “Not bad. You’ve been taking care

managed to maintain his composure, no longer as emotionally expressive as

a hardship. The

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

softly. “It’s not a dog. It’s a

She

timid wolf. It doesn’t cause harm to anyone. For now, it only

She strived to find a topic, so she told him about

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

Josie was choked up.

understanding each other. “I refrained from telling her due to

his gaze, meeting her

instance?”

his soft, pitiful gaze. For instance? For

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

talking about him

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