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 small blanket before she

to the ground, where it was

his side, momentarily at a loss for words. "Not bad. You've been taking care of her. You must be exhausted from these past few days." Sᴇaʀᴄh thᴇ FɪndNøvel.ɴᴇt website on

longer as emotionally expressive as he was when he was at

her well, so it wasn't a

words. The lingering scent of smoke was still present in the air. She cleared her throat lightly and said, "Grape

wolf?" She was

to anyone. For now, it

words. She strived to find a topic, so she told him about Laura's reaction.

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

Josie was choked up.

the point of truly understanding each other. "I refrained from telling

his gaze, meeting her eyes.

aback, falling deeply into his soft, pitiful gaze. For

her gaze, "Arnold said that on the night I left, you also wanted to

was talking about him leaving

Josie swiftly grabbed his wrist. "Look

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