Grape nodded emphatically, then suddenly whispered, "Mommy, Daddy really loves you."

Josie was taken aback. "Do you know what love is?"

"I don't know, but I know he's deeply in love with you."

The child's words were disjointed, spilling out without rhyme or reason. Josie didn't pay it any mind.

Out of the blue, Grape asked, "Mommy, can you love Daddy?"

Josie paused once again, instinctively glancing at the figure outside. Love him?

"Why?" Josie asked.

"I want the two of you to be together, just like before in the big house, both of you loving me together."

Before, Josie never thought much about being from a single-parent family. It wasn't until then that she realized the profound warmth a complete family could bring to a child's upbringing.

For a moment, she found it incredibly difficult to respond.

was exhausted, and before she knew it, she had drifted off to sleep. Josie carefully covered her with a

her, his fingers loosened, dropping the half-smoked cigarette to the ground, where it

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maintain his composure, no longer as emotionally

a

smoke was still present in the air. She cleared her throat lightly and said, "Grape mentioned she found a puppy?" Dexter chuckled softly. "It's not a dog. It's

wolf?" She

to anyone. For now, it only listens to

so she told him about Laura's reaction. "I don't think Laura

but he held back. "Were you really that close to her? Then why didn't you tell her where you were during

Josie was choked up.

the point of truly understanding each other. "I refrained

meeting her

his soft, pitiful gaze. For

time not averting her gaze, "Arnold said that on the night

about him leaving

raised, Dexter unexpectedly avoided her gaze. Josie swiftly grabbed his

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