My Pretty Sweetheart (Arianna)

He was stunned for a moment and nodded silently.

Anne looked up at me and then at Pedro, "Sir, what holiday is it today?"

Pedro looked at her with gentle eyes, "It's New Year's Eve. It's the last day of each year."

Anne looked like she understood him and mumbled, "Does it mean that the whole family has to be together?"

Pedro nodded.

After thinking for a while, Anne looked at me. "Mommy, why isn't Grandpa and Uncle Aaron here?"

I smiled, surprised at her question. "Grandpa and Uncle Aaron are busy. Aunt Yana has just given birth to a baby, so she can't come out and has to stay home."

"When are we going to see the baby then?" Anne was talkative and liked to ask a lot of questions. Once she started, it was hard for her to stop.

to the kitchen. Nerissa was

smiled. "Do you know how to

helping him make the dumplings. "Grandma taught

me, "I thought you grew up in the south? Very few girls in the south know how to. Even the older generation there have no idea how to make dumplings. I remembered that when I was little, my

places. She would make a lot of dumplings and bread every New Year. Besides, she liked hot pot. She

smiled and said, "Your grandmother sounds

at my dumplings. "She never told me stories about her younger days, so I only remember the time we spent living in Hovell

grandmother, who didn't have any

a moment before shaking my head. "No." I never

or friends in Hovell, but she

that my grandmother came to Hovell in her fifties. She bought a small yard in Hovell and lived there on her own. Later, she accidentally found me and decided to raise me. Hovell residents weren't curious or

your grandmother's name?" Nerissa asked

said, "Carol