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.

got up and went to the kitchen. Nerissa was kneading dough and Hendrix was making dumplings while Valerie was washing

"Do you know how to

helping him make

the south? Very few girls in the south know how to. Even the older generation there have

and bread every New Year. Besides, she liked hot pot. She

sounds like she was a

looked down at my dumplings. "She never told me stories about her younger days, so I only remember the

She looked at me and said, "Arianna, have you ever thought about how an old lady like your grandmother, who didn't have any relatives or friends in

for a moment before shaking my head. "No." I never really did

or friends in Hovell, but she was very

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 nosy people, so

know your grandmother's name?"

thought for a moment and said, "Carol Reid.