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?

Not long after, someone opened the door

short pause, Amy replied happily, “Ava, it’s me! Ms. Stovall

torchlight. When he saw a seven-year-old child, he furrowed his brows unwittingly and queried, “Where are

Amy’s hand and replied, “They work at

from the torch lit up in the house, and I could see a pot of vegetable stew on the cement floor. The dish looked

turned to look at Ava, who was trembling from the coldness, and asked, “It’s so cold, and you’re only

told me not to waste the coal when they are not home. I just need to cover myself with the

by an inexplicable feeling. I think that doesn’t seem appropriate, but I did not say anything else. Then, I asked Boris to take all the food

was confounded. “Why don’t you wear it? The weather is cold.

her head and answered, “I want to save it for Christmas. If I have new clothes for Christmas, no one will make fun of

her the jacket again, and said in a serious manner, “Just keep it on. Ms. Stovall will give you some new clothes too for

excited and put on the jacket as

from outside. Ronald and his wife came back from work. Seeing that, Ava started the fire to heat the dishes up while Amy helped the former