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.”

by saying, “I mean, I’ve already checked his closet yesterday and we just need to decide on which

she wanted to talk to me about, so I followed her into the garden. Julia tended to

of some lilies and knelt down to touch them. “Look at the flowers. They’re all blooming in such bright colors, showing their most beautiful 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

what Julia was implying. “Are you

point, only to have me do the exact opposite. Since I had already addressed the issue, she decided to cut to the chase. “I’m

I don’t understand why the grudges of the previous generation should affect the

not be together, and

I have good times, but meeting Christopher made me realize that all of my sufferings have occurred so that he could come into my life and bring me happiness. My life is

anger in my eyes. “Because you’re Isabelle’s daughter, that’s why. You’re a good kid, really. It’s a shame you are a descendant

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