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 kneading dough and Hendrix was making

he saw me, Hendrix smiled. "Do you know how

to him and washed my hands before I started helping

few girls in the south know how to. Even the older generation there have no idea how to make dumplings. I remembered that when

dumplings and bread every New Year. Besides, she liked hot pot. She wasn't a fan of the southern dishes, so she ate

said, "Your grandmother sounds like

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

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 Hovell, somehow knew Dalton,

shaking my head. "No." I never really did think about this seriously

friends in Hovell, but she was very close to

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 no one ever

you know your grandmother's

and said, "Carol Reid.