Love Coming from the Least Expected

“When such negative news was reported, business would definitely be affected, but it was not a big deal. You don’t understand old Mrs. Smith’s skills. Don’t think that when she talks to you gently, she is treating you as her own family. She is very tactful and plays her game well. If it weren’t for her getting older and lacking motivation, the Smith family would definitely not be in its current position. Come, let’s go shopping and have a breath of fresh air.”

“No, thanks, I’m not going. You can get Zach to go with you.” I turned Sabrina down and got a scolding from her for being a spoilsport but I did not take it to heart.

spoilsport but I just could not cheer myself up. I was not sure why but it could be that my

Stories about her were getting viral all over Avenport. Those newspapers and dailies were flooding the

Avenport as the most well-known drama queen

and walked over to the door. Christopher would always call me and tell me that he had to go somewhere to work. But, when I opened the door, I would find him standing right in front of me, smiling and handing me a bunch of roses saying that he wanted to give me a surprise. I was used

door was Benjamin, and his eyes were bloodshot. Obviously, he had not slept. There were bruises on his face which must have been

most horrifying was when

tell you.” Benjamin stuck his foot in the door and

glared at him and asked in a

from a pocket of his close-fitting clothes and held it in his palm. It was my hairpin, the last thing given to me by my mother, which I had always cherished before. Even though I said I did not want to have anything to do with her anymore, I

pink hairpin is, after all, a child’s belonging. I thought Benjamin wanted to return it, so I stretched out my

contrary, the color of the one in my possession, which is often used, is faded.