When There Is Nothing Left But Love

“Do you want a Dad?” I asked her.

Surprisingly, Summer was more sensible than I expected. She shot back, “What about you?”

I smiled lightly. The darkness slowly descended over the city. On the way home, I gave her a bag of freshly baked chocolate buns.

The buns tasted delicious as we savored them, sitting on a stone bench in the yard.

Sometimes, I would dream of a young Macy running towards me with her arms full of mangoes.

We would slice the mangoes up and mix them with sugar. Our entire afternoon would be dedicated to doing only that.

I started sleeping better after Summer had gotten used to living in R Province. In fact, the sun was usually already high in the sky whenever I woke up.

There was a resort next to the R Province lake that was constructed about half a year ago. After finishing work at the restaurant, I headed over to the hotel to start my janitorial job.

The job was relatively easy. I only took up the job because it was near Summer’s school, so it was convenient for me to drop her off and pick her up.

It was late evening when I finished cleaning the hotel and changed into a set of new clothes, preparing to pick Summer up from school.

“Going to pick your daughter up?” Colin asked, leaning against a door frame.

man in his late thirties with a handsome face. I turned to look at him,

“I intend to go together with

confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable university, so

“Besides, the salary of a

in amusement. It was true that the rest of the job positions in the hotel had trial periods and promotion periods, with everyone sharing the same low salary in

and it

brought the two of us together. We eventually became closer after learning that we

his son up from school and would occasionally ask me to pick his son and Summer up

hotel premises in his car. The drive to school

parents were waiting outside the kindergarten entrance. There were also several senior citizens in the crowd, sitting in the rest area

The sunshine is really bright today, so why don’t you sit down over there for a bit?” Colin pointed to an

the postpartum side effects, but my body was easily prone to becoming sore and tired in

opening for a position with an attractive salary package. The only downside is that you will have to make business trips. I can talk with

go on business trips. Summer gets scared when she’s home alone.” I refused, shaking my

attend to. Besides, you will receive two paychecks—another one as a receptionist. After all, R Province is a small city. There wouldn’t be many business trips or reception. So, the company believes that they could get one person

offer did sound

briefly, then said, “You’re a graduate of a well-known university. Being a janitor is a waste of your talents. Plus, living costs are going to increase as Summer grows up, and your current salary isn’t going

wrong. The expenses and cost of buying a house after leaving J City had left me with

kids started developing hobbies and interests at her age. I was considering signing her up for