When There Is Nothing Left But Love

After my injection, I was so tired that I forgot what I wanted to ask Emma about. I decided to call it a day and went to bed.

The next day, I woke up early so I could send Summer to school. The past few days had been so hectic that I hadn’t been able to spend much time with her.

When the car pulled up in front of the school, Summer excitedly pointed at a man in the distance and shouted, “It’s Mr. Cress! Mommy, look! That’s Mr. Cress!”

I looked in the direction she was pointing at, but from where I was, I could only see the back view of a young man.

When the door opened, Summer immediately jumped out and ran toward Mr. Cress.

I wanted to make sure I looked presentable, so I fixed my makeup in the mirror before joining Summer to meet her new favorite teacher.

I couldn’t have spent more than two minutes on my makeup when I realized it was now a female teacher standing with Summer.

Though a little baffled, I still went over to greet her.

I finally reached her. “You should have hurried, Mommy! Mr. Cress

and I exchanged glances and couldn’t help but

teaching staff in the school and is very highly valued. The principal had just called him away,

time, and then I’ll have a chance to thank him for making school so enjoyable

Summer left with the teacher to

Cress. Sure enough, Summer bumped into him when she turned a corner

had always been slow to warm up to outsiders, especially with men. Other than the men in the family, she hardly had any contact with others. I was even more curious about Mr. Cress now, wondering what

a while, I decided to

had either just woken up or was nursing a hangover from the

“Emery, are you okay?”

out again last night for an appointment, and I’m barely awake now. What’s

and changed my mind. “It’s

she answered, “Don’t beat around the bush. I might not be free to answer my phone later,

your help to check on a Mr. Cress