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.

…

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.

nagging middle-aged housewife. After shopping for some necessities, she looked back at me

head.

year on New Year’s Eve. If you are not good at

the tortillas and make the tacos with them,” I replied, but then I saw her with a bag of flour, so I

better.” At that, she did as I thought she would, putting the bag of flour

to say something but decided against

Oh, fine!

just play by

the stuff back to the villa. Then Sally took me to a

reason was that she wanted to reward me for going shopping

we were seated, Sally started chatting, “In K City, it is hard to find authentic Thai food. This restaurant is really good, though. You shall soon try

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.

words, I could feel her

she turned eighteen, she spent her remaining life in K City, and her memories of home had faded by then. Whenever she tried to reminisce it, only the tastes

Grandma always had different types of candies in her pocket. Whenever

people in my memories were gone and I could never see them again, the

“Aunt Sally, I need to

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

back, I went to the washroom while she returned

I came back to our table, there was an old acquaintance seated there whom I had

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

were

replied, “My dear, you are so good at flattering. I haven’t lost