When There Is Nothing Left But Love

A little surprised by his words, I squinted my eyes at him. “A City?”

The corners of his lips quirked up into a smirk. I could see the bloodthirst and fury swimming deep in the depths of his eyes, even if he was doing his best to hide them.

“We can’t let the child’s pain be for nothing, can we?”

Oh. He was finally going to make a move on Armond. After a slight pause of hesitation, I asked, “Can I come with you?”

“Why? Will you miss me too much when I’m gone?”

I nodded, smiling up at him. “I guess. So, how about it? Can I go with you?”

As long as the issue with Armond was left unresolved, we would both have sleepless nights. Although we would have preferred to live a peaceful and mundane life, we knew that we might face even more pain and suffering in the future if we didn’t handle the issue as soon as possible.

So, Ashton agreed to let me accompany him on his trip.

Joe didn’t even stay for the remainder of the meal, merely telling Ashton the date of his and Zelene’s engagement before dragging her away with him. It seemed that their marriage had been confirmed.

dinner together tonight at the Stovall residence. John later approached Ashton and me to inform us that he wanted to host a small party

were likely to be there because of Kiki. Hannah had also

the restaurant, Ashton handled some work issues before going to the shopping mall with me to make sure that we didn’t show up to Kiki’s

toy as well as a customizable black race car. His reasoning was that all children enjoyed driving around tiny vehicles of their own, and the Stovall residence’s yard was large enough for Kiki to do just

left the mall. It was Sally, and with her was the professor that we’d seen once before at the restaurant,

awkward anymore. Sally waved at us, politely

nodded, but

stared at the man. I didn’t understand these sorts of non-verbal cues between men, so I chose to

as a family. Ashton, you know Uncle Charlie and Aunt Helen are getting older with no children to accompany them. Besides, you’re usually so occupied with work that you rarely visit them. It’d be nice to take

simply

planning to hold a wedding soon,” Sally told him, sounding slightly apprehensive. “Do you have any opinions about that? We’re both in our late forties already, and we want to start

the Murphys agreed to you two being together?” Ashton

and me,” Jim answered, as elegant and self-composed as ever. “The Murphy

The Murphys?