Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

Ellen shook her head and insisted, “I don’t need rest. I can do this.” Jared disagreed, “If your brother knew that you are tiring yourself with that injury, he’d feel bad. Take a seat and let me do it.” He sounded authoritative in his last sentence.

Dazed, she stood aside and pressed against her bleeding finger as she watched him work on the weeds. Although he had never done anything similar since a young age, he wrapped up the chore perfectly. Soon, the grave was clear of weeds.

The bleeding on Ellen’s fingers had stopped. She placed the bouquet in front of Kevin’s headstone and took out a wooden box. She lit up some candles and lay out the decorations in front of the headstone.

Jared was looking at her when he felt a dull pain in his chest. He reached out and pressed against it lightly-the pitiful sight of Ellen made. his heart ache.

Thanks to Jared’s company, Ellen did not spend too much time cleaning the grave. After the visit, she went down the hill with Jared. At the foot of the hill, he grabbed a first-aid kit from the SUV trunk and disinfected her wound again.

for her, he lifted her and seated her in the trunk. She sat there and received his help with the dressing. The bodyguards in the vans nearby did not come down to disturb Jared, as no one

downtown where they had lunch. After that, they went to a pet store. He had decided to buy her a cat as a companion after sensing

one because of her living arrangement. Now that she

priced at 9 thousand dollars. Holding the cat,

pet that day, and Jared followed along to help. The presence of the cat was healing for her, and she could not let go of it when she

childlike Ellen had been giving all her attention to the pet, causing a certain someone to feel neglected and upset. When the cat ran up to Jared, he scooped it into his arms and successfully

traveled down to her waist. She was too focused on playing with the cat and did not notice

muttered, ‘Are you picking the cat over

she had neglected him, for she did not even offer him a glass of water after he arrived. She smiled at

water,” he clarified. Without iced water, it would be hard for him to

bottle of iced water from the ice box. At that moment, the cat started meowing for help from