The Love From Vengeance

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ARIEL’S POV

After we had left where the magician was, I walked hand in hand with my little. diamond, Lukel, taking in the sights and sounds of the city. I was glad that I had finally seen him. Now we were waiting for Elizabeth to show up, so we decided to take a little stroll until she came. As we strolled along, Lukel’s eyes lit up when he saw an ice cream stand in the distance.

“Mommy, can we get ice cream?” he asked, tugging on my hand excitedly.

I smiled at my son’s joyful state. “Of course, Lukel. Let’s go get some ice cream.”

As the two of us approached the stand, the colorful lights and lively music caught our attention. Lukel’s eyes widened in delight as he saw the wide variety of ice cream flavors displayed in the glass case.

“Wow, there are so many flavors to choose from!” he bolted.

I laughed and ruffled his hair. “Why don’t you pick your favorite flavor, Lukel?”

His face scrunched up in deep thought as he looked at all the options. After a few moments, he turned to the vendor. “I want a scoop of chocolate and a scoop of strawberry, please!‘

The vendor, a friendly middle–aged man, smiled and handed Lukel his ice cream in a cone. “That’ll be $5, young man.”

Lukel handed over the money immediately, and I just glanced at him. What could I say? He was a rich kid..

He eagerly took a lick of his ice cream. “Thank you!” he said to the man with a big

smile.

I ordered my own ice cream, and we both walked over to a nearby bench to sit and enjoy our treats. As we sat in silence for a few minutes, Lukel suddenly spoke up. “Mommy, why do we sometimes get to have ice cream at night? We usually did that in Canada, remember?”

I chuckled. “Well, sometimes we just need a little sweet treat to make our day better. And what better way to end a beautiful night than with some delicious ice cream?”

He nodded in agreement, and we continued to enjoy our ice cream together. The moment we finished up, I noticed a homeless man sitting on the ground nearby, looking longingly at the ice cream stand.

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Without hesitation, I got up and walked over to the man. “Excuse me, would you like some ice cream?”

him a cone and handed it to him with

admiration. “That was really nice, Mommy. Can

with others,”

what Grandma

woman, very nice.” I spoke

her. There she

towards us. The moment she got close, she let

it easy, Elizabeth. He was just helping people out, like you taught him. I saw him with

telling the truth,” Lukel said, and I couldn’t help but

“Didn’t you know you. had me worried? Don’t do that next time,

Lukel nodded. “Okay.”

going to walk out of my sight. like that next

promise Grandma. Can we go home now? I’m starving.”

hand on his shoulder. “I thought you just had

real food, mom?”

“Say what now?”

up. “Let’s just go home, please. Janice must really be waiting for me.” “Oh, Janice must be waiting for you, huh?” I stood up as well. “Well, you should have thought of that before you went ahead with the abracadabra

like Belcalis Almánzar,”

that

crushing on her,” he said dramatically, his mind going off to only God knows where.

favorite woman? What about me,

“Your

when did you start listening to

arms.

mommy. Oh, right, I never really told you about

at Elizabeth. “Oh, he isn’t lying. He loves the rapper like hell.”

luck crushing on someone who’s six times older than you,”

not,” he

she is,” Elizabeth

be in my heart,” he said, and he began to walk away. Elizabeth and I

child is completely insane,” she murmured as our attention

remained on Lukel.