Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed

Planting vegetables, raising chickens, and cultivating fish - now the family could feast to their heart's content! "Well, well, moving out?" Louisa stood at the gate, arms folded, a smirk playing on her lips.

Norris Cole was too busy shoveling the earth to pay her any mind, grunting with the effort.

Madge, upon hearing Louisa's voice from inside, instantly retracted the foot she had set towards the door.

Out of sight, out of mind.

Louisa snorted. "Feeling proud, are we? Got kicked out, didn't you..."

"Louisa, off to the market?"

On her way back from the market, Louisa ran into an old friend.

"Yep, grabbed some eggs. They're half the price now compared to the early morning rush!" Louisa said, eyebrows raised in pride.

She wasn't boasting - no one in the educators' residential area had a knack for budgeting and planning quite like her.

"Next time, I'll shop at this hour too. Oh, have you heard? Your neighbor, Mr. Cole, is moving."

Louisa nodded. "Heard about it. Wonder where they're renting now. Could it be as convenient as our place?"

men playing

the trouble of climbing up every two months

you think it's because of the spat

defiance. "Well, I wouldn't know. If that's the case, it just shows some

Now you can take

me; I was already considering it!" Louisa's eyes sparkled

two gossiping about?" Another neighbor hurried past. "Hurry up and get your sweets!

handing out sweets because he moved into a new house! Being neighbors, I thought you'd have gotten yours already. I

giving out sweets? It's not like he's

don't know? Mr. Cole's bought a new house! A

"A mansion?! Is he

development near

"Lakeside Pearls?"

"That's the one!"

gasped, "How is that

there. Stepped inside for a moment - oh boyt Spacious and beautiful, with not one, but

stood frozen, rooted

finally settled into

to the kitchen, preparing a

glass, Madge toasted, "To our new home and a