When There Is Nothing Left But Love

If you could love, you must do so with all your heart and make your loved one happy so that you would have no regrets in the future.

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The next day, Sally called, and the first thing she asked was, “Taken your medicine?”

I thought for a while before I remembered that yesterday, she had said I sounded nasal and that I should take some medicine.

I nodded and said, “I have.”

“December is just around the corner. Since it’s the festive season, we must have some decorations. Later, you must go out with me to do some shopping.”

She sounded domineering, leaving me with no option.

Nodding, I promised her that I would.

Ashton was busy with work, and I could not tag along with him all the time.

Since Flora was not around, I tidied up a little and drove to the mall.

Sally was waiting at the entrance. When she saw me, she started ranting, “It’s not that far. If you didn’t want to come, you could have told me.”

As I took the trolley from her, I took a glance at the supermarket nearby. “Are we shopping there?”

Pursing her lips, she nodded and went straight in.

not very ladylike, looking more like a nagging middle-aged housewife. After shopping for some necessities, she looked back at me

head.

“We have tacos every year on New Year’s Eve. If you are not

and make the tacos with them,” I replied, but then I saw her with

as I thought she would, putting the

to say something but decided against

Oh, fine!

just play by

hours later, we arranged for the delivery staff to send all the stuff back to the villa. Then Sally took me to

reason was that she wanted to reward me for going

is hard to find authentic Thai food. This restaurant

food, she said to me, “Before I came to K City, I liked the Thai restaurant on University Road in J City the most. After I came to K City, I never went back there anymore. I’ve searched the entire K City for so many years, but I haven’t seen any authentic Thai restaurants except this one. You should give

I could feel

faded by then. Whenever she tried to reminisce it, only the tastes from

memories. Grandma always had different types

were gone and I could never see them again, the only thing that remained for me to reminisce was the sweet

up. “Aunt Sally, I need to go

some time, we dirtied our hands a little, so she got up and went

I went to the

I came back to our table, there was an old acquaintance seated there whom I had not seen

Sally, I’ve been busy lately. That’s why I didn’t have time to visit you. You seem to have lost weight,”

were

“My dear, you are so good at