When There Is Nothing Left But Love

I choked up while hugging her. “I’ll bring you to K City to see Daddy. You’ll be just like your little friends, spending time with Daddy every day, okay?”

Bewildered, she widened her eyes. “Really? Mommy, you’re not lying to me, are you?”

“When have I ever lied to you? Hmm?”

“Then, can we bring Michael along?” She gave me those puppy-dog eyes.

“Summer, Michael needs to live with his daddy. If he follows us to K City, he has to part ways with his parent. Do you want to see him live separately from his daddy?”

She shook her head. “No!”

“Each of us has something that we hold close to our hearts. We get what we ask for.”

She fell silent for a while, then lifted her head to stare me in the eyes. “Mommy, I’ll go with you to K City.”

I nodded my head as a response to her decision. We all have different needs and wants. Hence, our priorities are different.

I had not fixed a date to return to K City. First, I needed to ensure that all tasks in R Province were completed thoroughly.

Thanks to the back-to-back appearance of the Stovalls and coupled with the special treatment from Colin, I was ostracized by others at the hotel.

Where there are more girls, there are more dramas.

When I was in the bathroom, I heard some people talk behind my back.

“Who do you think is the father of Scarlett’s child? Would it be John’s?”

highly unlikely.

wouldn’t she stay in K City and enjoy a lavish life as a Stovall? Don’t you find it strange that she came all the way here to a small

child, let along meeting him in person. Could it be that it’s

and hid herself here in a small county to

 Such was the

the bathroom frantically. “Oh my, I think I’ve got my period. Who has a

“No, not me.”

I do? I forgot the date and wore a white skirt today. I’m afraid

in

pushed the cubicle door open and handed a pad over to her without saying a word. Subsequently, I washed my hands and

appearance caused a few peeps

used to all these talks

the files. I wonder how I should tell Colin about

me out just now.” The embarrassed girl placed a

with a blushed face. It was the girl whom I

and then felt it sounded a tad bit harsh.

she looked down. “So

seemed like she could not squeeze the rest of the words past her

guessed she wanted to apologize for

stopped what I was doing and gazed at her. “Don’t worry about it,

bothered by the vast rumors about me that I’ve heard thus

said is true. Why are

Abby?

two years and I

studied her name tag carefully.