The Kiss that Sparked it All

Chapter 797

She was starving too, and on top of that, she also had a bun in the oven.

The kid was getting bigger by the day, so she had been eating more and getting hungry more often.

Most old folks were all for kids with big appetites, and Dean and Alyssa were no different. They watched Ellinor chow down with nothing but love in their eyes, taking turns to pile more food onto her plate..

Alyssa handed Ellinor a chicken wing and suddenly noticed the way she was holding her fork. The old woman paused and looked up at Ellinor’s profile as her eyes flickered.

The way Ellinor held her fork, with her thumb slightly upturned, was exactly how their great-granddaughter, Pearl, used to do it when she was little.

She remembered how they had tried so hard to correct Pearl’s fork-holding technique, but they never quite managed.

Alyssa felt a pang in her heart as she thought of Pearl, who had been missing for years.

some resemblance to her missing granddaughter, and her

Ellinor, she thought the girl resembled

change as they age, but their demeanor and some habits often don’t.

thought

This kid not only resembled her granddaughter, Pearl, in demeanor, but even their fork-holding

same!

in the middle of

soup, Alyssa ventured to ask, “Ellinor, I just want to know a little about your family. You said your mom passed away. Is there anyone else in your family?”

Grandma Alyssa’s question, Ellinor paused her soup-sipping, then replied, “No

so he chided her, “Why are you asking

She looked deep into Ellinor’s face, “No one else? You mean you’re all alone?”

nodded, “Yeah, you

your