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.

his late thirties with a handsome face. I turned to look at him, nodding. “Do you need me to help pick

shook his head. “I intend

who interviewed me when I first applied for a job here. Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked,

is equal.” I shrugged. “Besides, the salary of

rest of the job positions in the hotel had trial periods and promotion periods, with

the janitor position was different, and it had

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

couldn’t pick his son up from school and would occasionally ask me to

his car. The

also several senior citizens in

sit down over there for a bit?” Colin pointed to an empty

it was the postpartum side effects, but my body was

and decided not to push the topic any further, glancing at his watch. “There’ll be an 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 the

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

at his forehead and grinned. “There are not many business trips to 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,

sound tempting. “How much is

a well-known university. Being a janitor is a waste of your talents. Plus, living

wasn’t wrong. The expenses and cost of buying a house after

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