Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“Does it hurt?” Shirley asked with concern.

“Yes,” the man replied. She immediately blew on his fingertips. “Be careful not to burn your hand.” She thought to herself that he must be overwhelmed by grief and sorrow for his mother..

“Do you need me to help you light it?” Shirley asked. Upon seeing four sets of candles beside him, she was worried that the man would burn his fingers again. Zacharias pursed his lips and smiled. “Sure. Let’s do it together.”

After saying that, he handed her the candle and then looked toward the direction of the tombstone. In his heart, he was communicating with his mother. “Mom, I brought your future daughter-in-law to visit you. Are you happy in the afterlife?”

The girl lighting the candle next to him was completely unaware of his emotions.

After lighting the candle, the smoke was scattered in the wind and quickly disappeared as if blowing toward another world.

he bowed his head in silence for a few seconds toward the grave, then

the direction of the mountain villa. Shirley tidied up, and Zacharias received several phone calls in succession. It was time

prominent identity, they couldn’t stop for a meal, even if restaurants were on the way.

someone coming out of the Flintstone Residence. It turned out that their lunch had

calls and Shirley stood by the dining table waiting

was almost 3.00PM now. Zacharias couldn’t help but frown. He walked quickly to the

Zacharias’ mind was clearly not on the

moment, she received at message

weekend. Zacharias noticed her expression and even though he was thinking about important work, he still took a moment to observe the girl in

her phone back in her pocket and calmly asked Zacharias, “Mr. Flintstone, tomorrow is the weekend. Can

fact that she wanted to take a day off, he deduced that it wasn’t because she wanted to meet a relative but probably the person

need a vacation for?”

man might not grant her leave.

observed his expression and hoped he would agree. “All right. I’ll give you half a day