Linda quickly realized that someone must have treated her daughter with such gentle care, and she suspected it was her adoptive mother.

Conflicting emotions welled up within Linda, a mixture of gratitude and a secret hope that the family had been unkind to Lina. Linda wanted her daughter to come back to her without hesitation, to call her “mom” without reservation.

Linda took a deep breath, trembling with fear at her own dark thoughts. She struggled to speak, her voice trembling. “Pammy… You should go now… I need to rest.”

Lina froze momentarily, then carefully helped Linda onto the bed, tucking her in and replacing her slippers with comfortable silk ones. She smiled through teary eyes and gently reminded her, “I’ll be back when it’s time for your medicine! And I’ll give you a special reward if you get the window count right!”

With a teary smile, Linda asked, her voice choked with emotion, “Will I really get better?”

“Dr. Ivy said you will, without a doubt.”

“Pammy…” Linda reached out and grasped her daughter’s hands tightly.

Lina’s heart tightened at the sight of Linda’s frail and cold hands. “Don’t worry,” she said softly, her smile comforting. “You will get better, I promise.”

troubled by nightmares and cold sweats. Worried, Lina asked Aunt Evelyn

never helped in the kitchen before, she found a tutorial online and followed

small one according to the recipe. With a sigh of relief, she put the cakes in the oven and wiped the

the kitchen. Lina made two cakes, one for Linda and the other for

she turned her head and found Nicholas looking at

for a moment before addressing her as Lina. “I’m sorry… Did I startle you by standing

smiled and shook her

held the model she had made in his hands, overcome with emotion and struggling to find the right words. All he managed

to your

Lina nodded. “Mm-hmm.”

“And the cake too?”

piece of cake with

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