Since it was the new year, Sherry didn’t give Daniel a hard time during lunch.

Stella and Channing went to Jeffrey’s grave after lunch.

Stella couldn’t utter a word looking at the picture on the tomb.

She hated Jeffrey when he was alive and wished countless time that she was not his daughter.

And her wished came true.

There was no father and daughter love between them all the while, it was irony to look back at what happened.

Channing bent and put the flower in front of the tomb. He looked calm.

After a few minutes, “Let’s go,” Stella said.

Channing stood up and ready to go but saw a cigarette butt at the side of the grave.

“What happened?” Stella asked.

Channing frowned, “No one else would visit Jeffrey apart from us.”

Stella nodded. “No one else knows his grave is here.”

Channing moved his lips and asked Stella, “Do you have any tissue?”

“Yes.” Stella took out a small packet of tissue from her pocket and gave it to Channing.

Channing took out all the tissues and picked up the cigarette butt and put it back in the packet.

Stella frowned looking at him, “Channing…”

Channing replied, “We have to be cautious.”

This was the first time Stella saw Channing being this cautious. She asked after a few steps. “Channing, do you know something?”

“What?”

mouth but stopped, “Nothing, will you hand it over

quiet for a while, “When will you go

Alright, she won’t ask

from the graveyard, Stella said, “Channing, go home first, I’ll go

since she agreed,

bidding Channing goodbye. She didn’t know Emmett’s parents, didn’t know their preferences,

five in the evening when

a missed call and an unread text on

her mobile aside

the couch, watching TV

hearing sound, “Stella, why are

something.” Stella changed her shoes, “Channing is

thought he’s with you,”

him to

on the couch, thought for a

must have had brought the cigarette butt

Channing, he is an adult, he knows what he is

that he is behaving weirdly lately,

never intervened with Channing’s life

many things happened lately,

be in love?” Sherry

“… Not possible.”

love would not be this

said, “It’s different, Channing’s personality is different from the others, and he is in his youth now, it’s normal to be a

should think about how to

“What’s

to Emmett’s house? What about that wretched

made Stella angry slightly, “Who cares about him, he can do whatever he wants, I don’t owe

didn’t even sure if Stella could

after, Emmett

Sherry, “There is some leftover from lunch, reheat it for dinner with Channing, guess there

ahead,

took the gifts and

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