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?

to her parents. Not long after, someone opened the door slightly. A meek

me! Ms. Stovall brings me back.” At that, she rushed

was no light in the house. Hence, Boris turned on the torchlight. When he saw a seven-year-old child, he furrowed his brows unwittingly and queried, “Where are your

work at the farm and haven’t come

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

Ava, who was trembling from the coldness, and asked, “It’s so cold, and

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 blanket to keep warm. I will start the fire after they come

say anything else. Then, I asked Boris to take all the food from the car and bring her a heavy jacket.

“Why don’t you wear it? The weather is cold. You’ll catch a

If I have new clothes for Christmas,

that, Boris stood up and passed her the jacket again, and said in a serious manner, “Just keep it on. Ms.

Ava was excited and put on the

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