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.

at the Stovall residence. John later approached Ashton and me to inform us that he wanted to host a small party to celebrate Kiki’s birthday, thus coming up with the idea of

also moved on from everything, so what was John’s motive in bringing

issues before going to the shopping mall

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

bumped into some familiar faces as soon as we left the mall. It was Sally, and with

the atmosphere between us wasn’t as awkward anymore. Sally waved at us,

but said

gaze fell upon Jim, an unrecognizable emotion in his eyes as he stared at the man. I didn’t understand these sorts of non-verbal cues between men, so

celebrate the new year 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

nodded, simply

apprehensive. “Do you have any opinions about that? We’re both in

two being together?” Ashton interrupted,

answered, as elegant and self-composed

The Murphys?