His Eagle Eyes on Me

"That's right! I've known your mom since she was twenty-something. She had a bit of baby fat at the time and wasn't as thin as she is right now. She has always been pretty, though," Mike said. "Dad is handsome, too."

"Haha! Do you like your dad that much?"

"He is nice to me," Ivy said without hesitation.

"Well, your dad isn't so bad. He started to grow on me ever since he stopped fighting with your mom." Mike no longer despised Elliot as he had in the past, and the two had not argued for a long time.

"Your mom is the reason why I'm alive right now. She saved my life," Mike said. "After she cured me, I was determined to stay by her side no matter what. It's a good thing that I made that decision, or God knows where I would have ended up!"

"Uncle Mike, what did you work as in the past?"

"I was a hacker."

Impressed, Ivy said, "So you are really good with computers?"

"Of course! I was your older brother's teacher, you know?" he said smugly. "Of course, he got even better than me."

Ivy was in awe.

the things we see on the internet are just the tip of an

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good to not know, I guess. Some knowledge just doesn't do you any good. You just need to enjoy your life." Mike smiled endearingly. "Forget about everything that upset you in the past. This is your real

a rough childhood that haunted him for years, and he was worried that Ivy would be brought

knew that her life as Irene had ended, but struggled to forget what she had been

about the happy stuff,

to see auroras, actually. There's someone who has been really kind to me who studies here." She immediately regretted saying it as soon as the words were

Uncle

tell Mom

her past to avoid trouble. She was a different person and was no longer on her own; Ivy understood her family's concern, and, since she did not wish to cause them any trouble, she obeyed and did not reach out

face and nodded. "Don't worry. I won't tell anyone. Not

are the best." She heaved a

yours with me," Mike said.

older than me.