When There Is Nothing Left But Love

At the sight of me hesitating, Gregory lowered his voice. “Mommy, I’ll just try a bite. I won’t eat more than that, okay?”

I understood now. Gregory was the same as his father; information had to be repeated to them multiple times!

“I don’t mind treating you, but you mustn’t call me Mommy anymore. Deal?”

“No problem.” Gregory flashed a wide smile and pulled me by the arm into the shop. “Let’s go, Ms. Stovall!”

Gregory ordered a set meal for children on top of one of each of the best-selling items on the menu. A table for two was soon filled up.

The child was true to his word; he literally tried a bite of everything. The only thing he was particularly fond of was the sundae.

“I thought only girls like sweet things, Gregory?” I teased him.

As soon as I said that, he put down his spoon and wiped his lips in a dignified manner, refusing to touch another spoonful.

“Hey, I’m just messing with you. Carry on,” I said as I pushed the chocolate sundae back in front of him.

be enough,” Gregory said with a solemn shake of his

probed him.

again determinedly. “Statistics show that an excessive consumption of deep-fried and sweet food is harmful to the body,” he said

child before me was a six-year-old or a genius who was familiar with the workings of the world. After a stunned silence, I said, “If that’s the

do you any harm in small portions. The more Daddy forbids me, the more I want to try. I’m a child; it’s normal for me to not

it was normal for a child to not being able to reason, doesn’t it make accommodating him a grievous

bright spotlight following me around. I looked up instinctively and

restaurant with a straight face, but the coldness that he was exuding permeated invasively through the glass and lowered the ambient temperature in the

feeling solidified instantly upon

regained my senses, Ashton was already walking

stood up as he caught sight

call me?” Ashton asked coldly with a

chuckled to himself as he hugged

but did not lose

while but it’s been a long time and she hasn’t shown up yet. The adults here at the mall were ignoring me. Only Ms. Stovall was willing to lend