When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I was indeed famished so I made no protest, and ate some of it before I had the food runner clear the table.

Summer kept crying, the cause of which I attributed to being in an unfamiliar environment. I proceeded to change her diapers.

I would not usually use the water from hotel rooms. After some consideration, I looked to John. “I will need some warm mineral water.”

He nodded and figured out what it was for, and left the room.

In his absence, I fed Summer. That got her to quiet down.

When John returned, he had someone ferried in a water dispenser and a barrel of mineral water, as well as a new basin.

“You could use that to bathe Summer later as her skin is sensitive…” He then looked at me attentively.

I nodded and poured some water to wipe down Summer’s face. Having slept enough and ate her fill, she looked to be in fine spirits.

John had my daughter in his arms when I dozed off on the couch.

It was night when I came to. I shot up when I saw that Summer was not beside me.

The blanket put over me slid off as my eyes darted around the room. Summer was nowhere in sight.

I managed to keep my wits and fished out my phone to call John.

the call went out,

with a baby cart. Summer was fast

when he saw me covered in cold sweat. “I noted that you traveled light from K City so I got someone to get you some clothes and essentials. K City is much colder than

seeing Summer, I sat back down. “Thank you. It’s getting late so

know that you are resentful of me, so it’s fine if you want to take it out on me. But you can’t possibly keep me away as I’m your brother. Both Summer and yourself need someone to care for

narrowed. “Leave! I can take care of her

done. Have you thought about Summer’s

my resolve in this regard. “That’s right. We can’t change the past. All I want is to have some peace and quiet.

taken aback and responded with a shrug. “Okay. I’ll leave you

by

for me to travel with Summer, I expected to be staying put in R Province for a couple of years,

moved on to a new

Four years later.

in the blink of an eye. We moved into an old property located in one

was not exactly old, as it had been revamped previously. At first impression, it would not look markedly different from

four rooms. It was not particularly big overall, but the

most of

Summer had more space to be active in. I watched as she tottered until she

the days, the more there was for