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.

a handsome face. I turned to look at him, nodding. “Do you need me to help pick Michael up

“I intend to

read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable

I shrugged. “Besides, the salary of a janitor

of the job positions in

janitor position was different, and it had

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

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

his car. The drive to school took less

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

bright today, so why don’t you sit down over there for a bit?”

that long.” Perhaps it was the postpartum side effects, but

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

gets scared when she’s home alone.” I refused,

knew you’d say that.” Colin wiped 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.

blinked owlishly. The offer did sound tempting. “How much is

thousand!” He paused briefly, then said, “You’re a graduate of a well-known university. Being a janitor is a waste of your talents. Plus, living

expenses and cost of buying a house after leaving

hobbies and interests at her age.