Chapter 147

Melvin’s words seemed to stick in his throat, unspoken.

Jocelyn’s heart, which she had painstakingly patched together, shattered once again.

She forced a smile, “It’s okay, I understand. Rest up. I’m off.”

This time, she left without any hesitation.

It was her own fault, really. Too confident of herself.

Words unspoken for more than three years were likely to be blurted out just out of impulse.

And now, not even that impulse seemed worth it.

Hope is for dreaming, not necessarily for achieving.

Jocelyn went back to shelling peanuts with the villagers, listening in as they gossiped. She didn’t think about Melvin anymore. She wouldn’t

As dusk settled, a beam of headlights illuminated the village hall.

Uriah came in a run, “Mr. Martinez has headed back to the city.”

Jocelyn paused in her shelling, just as Ursula came in and mentioned, “Willow left with him.”

Jocelyn just smiled. “Good for them. A bit of peace returns to the village finally.”

After dinner, Jocelyn caught up with her parents over a video chat. Afterward, Harrison called, saying he’d been driving non-stop and was only a few hundred miles from home.

Jocelyn thought he was driving too fast.

Harrison didn’t ask about Melvin or Willow. They chatted idly for a while before hanging up.

“Are you okay?” Ursula asked her.

“What do you mean?” Jocelyn fiddled with her phone, looking puzzled.

a knowing look. “Come on, don’t put on an act for me. You’ve been off since you came back from the hike, and with him leaving overnight

going on between us.”

really okay?” Ursula had a hunch that Jocelyn’s calm was

in a few days. Let’s focus

want to talk, Ursula dropped

long as Jocelyn wasn’t falling apart, she could weather the

went back to her room.

light on lessons, with occasional tutoring for the

Jocelyn and Ursula prepared to return

came to see them off, filling Ursula’s car

“Hey, Jocelyn, Melvin left in such a rush, I didn’t get to see him off. Could

you take his

clothes and forgot to take the note out Lost the number,”

“If possible, keep learning as much as you can. Education isn’t the only way forward, but it

worry, Jocelyn, I’ll hit the books.” Yuri smiled earnestly “When I start working in the city, I’ll treat you, Melvin, and Ursula

at that,

all been so kind to our village. Grandma

of yourself and your grandma. Things will get better,

Yun nodded vigorously.

Jocelyn and

Chapter 147

was rough but they knew it well by now.

up, Ursula said “Uriah

the houses became sparse and the road wound between towering mountains. With such

“Yeah

Got any

visit my aunt and uncle with my parents. How about

me up on a blind date, so I’ll

city just in time

meal. But her parents called

the villagers’ gifts, Calvin and Daisy carried them upstairs and quizzed Jocelyn on her village life until the meal ended, with

nap, Jocelyn

“Where’s Dad?”

to tell you.

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