Chapter 564:

After all, he believed that Maia’s boyfriend was Melanie’s dad, Hurst! Hurst was way older than Maia — nothing like what Kathie probably expected. This kind of situation might be hard for Kathie to accept at first.

But Ethan saw it another way. He’d read somewhere that older men tended to be more caring with women.

As long as the guy truly cared for his sister Maia, Ethan figured there was no problem at all.

With that in mind, he quickly jumped in, saying, “Maia, I got you a birthday present too.”

Ethan’s cheeks turned red, and he looked shy, managing to pull Kathie’s focus away.

Kathie looked at Ethan but spoke to Maia. “Ethan went out of his way to find this gift for you. He spent the whole day on it.”

Maia’s eyes lit up with excitement. “What kind of gift?”

Ethan stood up, empty-handed, scratching the back of his head. “I wasn’t sure when you’d get back, so I hid it away first. Give me a moment.”

and headed to

carefully with both hands. The box looked pretty heavy, and Maia quickly

the box was opened, Maia’s face froze for a

eyes flicked between Ethan

“Ethan, is this…?”

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a clay sculpture

two adults holding hands with two kids. One kid was a boy with short hair; the other was a girl whose long hair fell over her

raised it to her eye level. She was certain that the girl

the four of us,” Ethan said softly as Maia’s hand rested on the tall man’s head. “That’s

dresses. I asked the sculptor to make it just like she

candles with Ethan and

at the sculpture of the four holding hands, her usually steady heart fluttered with feeling. Emotions bubbled up inside her. In her dreams, her parents’ faces had always been blurry, but now they looked so clear. Without

taken aback. Seeing his sister cry for the first time, he asked, “Maia, why are you crying?

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