Love Coming from the Least Expected

The Lane family was rather nice to me even though Christopher wasn’t around. Darius kept topping up my plate with food but Julia had a conflicted look in her eyes when she looked at me. She probably wasn’t expecting my mom to be an old acquaintance of hers.

Julia asked me to go for a walk with her in the garden after the meal. Shelley wanted to join us, but Julia immediately rejected her request by saying, “Go check Darius’ closet and see if he needs any new clothes. The weather is turning cold soon; you should get him some extra coats.”

Shelley stopped mid-sentence when she realized what was going on and continued by saying, “I mean, I’ve already checked his closet yesterday and we just need to decide on which

me about, so I followed her into the garden. Julia tended to her garden often as she loved her flowers a lot. The place

sides to the world. See these two flowers over here? They are quite similar in size and look the same at first glance, but there are tiny differences between each individual flower. This one is growing in a suitable spot, so it blossoms nicely. The other one is growing on the side and hasn’t been receiving enough nutrients, so it won’t

the lines and immediately understood what Julia was implying. “Are you saying that my marriage with Chris won’t last long because of

me do the exact opposite. Since I had already addressed the issue, she decided to cut to the chase.

the grudges of the previous generation should affect the next!” I exclaimed

be together, and I was getting really

that he could come into my life and bring me happiness. My life is only complete with him in it, so why can’t we be together? Why can’t I

the anger in my eyes. “Because you’re Isabelle’s daughter, that’s why. You’re a good

the eye and asked in a questioning tone, “Are you