When There Is Nothing Left But Love

Staring at me, he said with remorse, “I am responsible for the incident that happened back then. I shouldn’t keep it from Mr. Moore. If he learned of your existence, maybe he would bring you back to the Moore family.”

To me, that was all in the past now. Hence, I let out a faint smile and replied, “Boris, there is no such thing as ‘if’ in this world.”

Smiling, he took a quick glance at Amy, who was sleeping on my legs, and said, “This child will have a different life after encountering you.”

I shrugged in response and remained silent. It was too early to jump to conclusions now. No one could tell if this was a good or bad thing.

After about eight hours, we arrived at the village. At that time, all of us were exhausted. Although we departed early in the morning, it was late when we reached the destination.

The cold spell hit the village in December, causing a drastic dip in the temperature. Just as I got out of the car, I shivered because the cold wind blew toward me. After a while, Amy woke up and opened her eyes slowly. Looking at the environment that she was familiar with, she said, “Ms. Stovall, we’ve arrived.”

I gave her a nod and grabbed hold of her as we walked toward her house with the bags. Her house was not too far from our car, but the road was not easy to walk. Luckily, there was no rain recently. The soil was dry and hard, so it wasn’t that bad.

By the time we reached Ronald’s house, the sky was already dark. Hence, I couldn’t find the entrance. Looking at the dark house, I was a little worried. It’s already nine! Why there’s no one here? Where did they go?

with this place. She stood outside the door and called out to her parents. Not long after, someone opened

“Ava, it’s me! Ms. Stovall brings me back.” At

in the house. Hence, Boris turned on the torchlight. When he saw a seven-year-old child, he furrowed his brows unwittingly

replied, “They work at the

stew on the cement floor. The dish looked like it had turned cold. Besides, the fire in the coal stove that provided heat to the

“It’s so cold, and you’re only wearing so little? Why don’t you

latter’s clothes in envy as she replied, “Mom told me not to waste the coal when they are not home. I just need to cover myself with the

think that doesn’t seem appropriate, but I did not say anything else. Then, I asked Boris to take all the food from the car and bring her a heavy jacket. After putting on the jacket for a while, she took off the jacket and

it? The weather is cold. You’ll catch a cold if you

“I want to save it for Christmas. If I have

said in a serious manner, “Just keep it on. Ms. Stovall

was excited and put

from work. Seeing that, Ava