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.

with a handsome face. I

his head. “I

a job here. Looking confused as he read over my resume, he had asked, “You graduated from a reputable university, so why are you applying to be

shrugged. “Besides,

raised an eyebrow, smiling in amusement. It was true that the rest of the job positions in the hotel had trial periods and promotion periods, with everyone

was different, and it

of us together. We eventually became closer after learning that we were both

job as a manager, there were times when he couldn’t pick his son up from school and

his car. The drive to school took less than ten

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

why don’t you sit down over there for

long.” Perhaps it was the postpartum side effects, but my body was easily prone

opening for a position with an attractive salary package.

Summer gets scared when she’s home alone.”

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 to

blinked owlishly. The offer did sound tempting. “How

of your talents. Plus, living costs

buying a house after

hobbies and interests at her age. I was considering signing her up for an