When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

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Lionel quickly nodded. ‘Alright, alright. We’ll chat later.

Paul gave a slight nod before finally leaving. Once inside the apartment, Miranda busied herself with unpacking their luggage. Meanwhile, Mindy and Lionel began inspecting their daughter’s living space. It was

a two–bedroom apartment, not too big, not too small. Although the layout and the basic fixtures were visibly old, the decor had clearly been put together with care.

The couch, cabinets, and appliances were all new. Some of the more unchangeable flaws were cleverly concealed with decorative items, covered or hidden away as much as possible. On the whole, the place felt like a cozy, well–kept little apartment.

Initially, after seeing the dingy, cluttered stairwell, both parents had lowered their expectations for where their daughter was living. But once inside, they were pleasantly surprised to find an entirely different atmosphere.

Mindy was quite pleased. It wasn’t just that Miranda had arranged the rented space so thoughtfully, it was the care and attention to detail that her daughter had shown toward her living environment.

To Mindy, life could be full of compromises, but one’s attitude toward life shouldn’t be compromised.

Back when she and Lionel first got married, Lionel’s monthly salary was only 3,200 dollars, and 2,000 of that had to be given to his parents. That left the couple with only 1,200 dollars to get by.

After Miranda was born, their financial situation became even tighter.

difficult times, Mindy made it a point to buy a bouquet of flowers every two weeks. If

month and money was tight, she would pick wildflowers during a weekend hike, bring them home, and place them in a vase.

Sometimes, the casual generosity her mother gave herself and the household didn’t quite match what one would expect

hard she tried, she simply couldn’t recall. Miranda suspected that her mother must have grown up in a well–off

same thought, which was why he was willing to live frugally himself but

phrase. “Your mom has had to make sacrifices by being with me. All the luck I’ve ever had

unlucky happened, Lionel would simply laugh

law of thermodynamics? It’s called the law of conservation of energy.

to slowly lose some over time?” That was

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the time, Miranda was still in middle school and had just started participating in physics competitions. After hearing this, she could only draw

could be that her dad didn’t think he was unlucky enough as he had too few

bad luck was fine to him,

had been speechless at Miranda’s conclusion, and

Have a seat, take a rest, and drink some water…” Miranda said as she pushed the luggage into the bedroom and went to the kitchen to make