I looked at him blankly. I had forgotten that it was late autumn and the weather was getting cold.

As I looked at him, I felt a little melancholic. Then, I held his waist and snuggled in his embrace. In a soft voice, I implored, "Hendrix, stay with me for a while."

As his annoyance dissipated, he gazed at me with a gentle look. He frowned and asked, "What's wrong?"

I let out a sigh as I felt severe pain in my head. "Nothing, just stay with me for a while."

I left Hovell for Jarold City, in hopes that things would pan out positively. But somehow, I had let both Irvin and Josiah down.

Having raised Anne for four years, I had naturally regarded her as my own child. The memory of my own child's death had started to peter out ever since she came into my life. But in the days following my return to Jarold City, almost everyone kept reminding me that I had a painful past with Hendrix and that I should move past it.

He looked at me like he understood how I felt. Mirroring my silence and reticence, he held me firmly in his arms.

With time, our courage had been emptied out by memories as we marched closer and closer to the final days of our life.

met with Anne lately. Each time they met,

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weekend, Anne was playing

and watched as she played with the dog.

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about this, I was overwhelmed by a surge of negative

glass shattering could be heard coming from the villa. I was stunned for a split second before rushing quickly

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