She didn't want to like her father.

"Grape..." Josie held her, her words tinged with a hint of sorrow. "Don't dislike Daddy..."

Adult matters should not involve children, after all.

Grape pursed her lips. "But Daddy... he doesn't like me either." Her tone could hardly conceal her sadness and despair.

Josie understood what Grape was thinking.

After all these years, she, as a mother, had ultimately failed her.

"If I have to choose between Mommy and Daddy, then I..." Grape's eyes were filled with determination as she hugged Josie's neck. "I choose Mommy..."

A warmth spread through Josie's heart, and tears began to fall uncontrollably.

"Grape-" Josie held her quietly.

Little did she know, at that very moment, Dexter's car had already pulled up at the door downstairs.

As the car engine turned off, the car window slid down, revealing the man's profound profile. His brows were tightly knitted as if burdened with worries he couldn't untangle. The unfathomable eyes gazed at the house, illuminated by light.

"Mr. Russell, this is Grape's birth certificate..." Larry handed over the information he had found.

deep down, his heart still ached slightly when he

It's hard to imagine.

had been living in a foreign land,

back first..."

that he

Larry expressed with some

understood his meaning. Without delay, he opened the car door

the little girl to sleep

lessened. She gently laid the little one down on the large bed, looking at the face still marked with tear stains. An involuntary sense of remorse

Grape, she stealthily slipped out

Nightfall descended.

balcony. The evening breeze brought a hint of chill, causing the loose strands of hair at her

took a quick glance, her gaze involuntarily

to pound as if she had

meeting in a heated exchange. His intense stare seemed as if it could see right through her. Overwhelmed, Josie quickly averted her gaze and

did he manage to

moment, the phone in

a

displayed his slightly travel-worn

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