As Newton's grandson, Jasper did not take after him much. All he took after was Javier's cold- heartedness. Jasper thought he was getting better, but he finally realized that he could never measure up to the depth of Newton's affection for Doris.

"I will never hurt you again," he said in a trembling voice after a frustrating silence.

Alyssa placed a finger on his lips and chuckled. "Yeah. You won't."

After the couple enjoyed a hearty dinner with Newton, Ben sent someone to get the fireworks.

Seated in the wheelchair, Newton smiled as the couple lit the fireworks. Jasper and Alyssa waved the sparklers around like two happy kids on Christmas Day.

"Look at the wide smile on Mr. Jasper's face," remarked Ben, who thoughtfully draped a blanket on Newton's lap. "I still remember the time he first started living with you.

"His height was around your waist level. He was dressed in oversized clothes, looking tanned, underweight, and tiny. Now, he's a man with his own responsibilities."

heavy burden on his shoulders and hatred in

God to me. She's a gift to my grandson."

of his late wife, who

all the seas gang

the rocks melt with the

love thee

of

a poem softly, but he snapped back to reality when his phone rang.

the

"Ben, wheel me indoors."

Newton

He smiled amicably at Newton. "Grandpa, it's been

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