My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

We set off early in the morning. The children were energetic and did not need us to carry them. They were chattering and laughing along the way.

The statue of Jesus Christ was big and sacred. Anne was holding a candle in her hand and Norman helped her to light it. She knelt down before Jesus Christ and prayed solemnly like an adult. "Sometimes she's so solemn that she doesn't look like a child at all!" Norman whispered in my ear and sighed, "She's too sensible."

I pursed my lips and looked up at Jesus Christ. I did not worship him. Even though I had only lived for thirty years, I had already experienced life, death and sickness except for those who had been lost along the way.

Come to think of it, I had not lost anything!

"I heard that Jesus Christ in St. Louis Church can grant your wishes. Do you want to try?"

Norman gave me a candle and said as he raised an eyebrow.

I smiled lightly but did not take the candle from his hand. I said faintly, "I don't have any wishes. I only wish that the living will be well and the dead

will rest in peace. Everything else is destined."

Anne got up and ran towards me. She looked up at me and said, "Mommy, is there someone who you would like to meet? You can ask Jesus Christ to let you see each other in your dreams."

a faint smile and placed it on the altar table. "Anne,

her head and nodded, but she did not seem to fully understand. She looked at Norman

candle in his hand, Norman smiled faintly and said, "My wish is for you and Bennett to

like it was going to rain when we walked out of the church. The sky was covered by dark clouds

said, "Your body is weak. Don't catch

to take it from him. Instead, I just smiled and said, "It doesn't

and put the coat

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glance at Norman and shook

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clothes on my shoulder with the corner of my eye. My emotions were very faint. It was normal for friends to care

dark when we walked back. We stopped at the entrance of the church to eat something. Anne and Bennett had fallen asleep. Norman drove and parked the car in front of my place. He got out of the car

said, "I'll carry her. It's getting late. You should

nodded. The way a man in his forties handled things was very different from a man

was the