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.

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

Kiki. Hannah had also moved on from

handled some work issues before going to the shopping mall with me

the mall for a bit, where Ashton ended up choosing a Transformers toy as well as a customizable black race car. His reasoning was that all children

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

that, the atmosphere between us wasn’t as awkward anymore. Sally waved at us, politely inquiring, “It’s rare to see Ashton

but said

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

my tummy on and off as she spoke. “I know we’ve all been incredibly busy recently, but I’ve been thinking if we should all return to J City and 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

nodded, simply

you

agreed to you two being together?”

solely between your aunt and me,” Jim answered, as elegant and self-composed as

The Murphys?