Chapter 2005

‘Is Jasper back?’ He could not help wondering. However, after a long time passed, it was silent again outside and the figure he was expecting did not appear in his room.

Disappointment could not help spreading across his chest. William curled his tiny body tighter.

His bed… seemed colder!

He recalled the words of the man he should call his father. “You’re just relying on the Reed family’s charity here. Besides, your mother was the person who had hurt them. Even if you’re unwilling to leave Jasper and return to Deer City, someday you’ll realize you can only get what you want by returning to

Deer City.”

However, what he wanted was to keep Jasper company. If she liked him playing the piano, he would keep playing it. It did not matter even if all ten of his fingers hurt.

William fell asleep in a daze. However, he kept dreaming about his mother, how she got arrested, how she lay cold in the ice coffin in the detention center, and how she had said to

him… ‘You and Jasper will never be friends.’

never be friends…

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frightened him like a

We will be!

we’re friends!’

loss. It was as if he was the only one left in the whole world, making him feel so lonely and so cold!

help me dispel

want to be alone! I… I’m scared. Can

“William, William…”

and melodious voice rang in

‘Who’s calling me?’

little face. Before he knew it, a pair of small hands had already pressed on

me warm it

stared blankly at the face so close to him.

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