When fate plays its hand (Miranda)

Chapter 0555

Miranda hurriedly dressed. She slipped on her winter jacket, raced down the stairs, and wrapped a scarf around her neck.

When she reached the ground floor, she was greeted by a swarm of kids already outside, armed with their snow gear to play in the snow. This first snowfall of the winter was a rare delight.

Standing beneath a snow–laden tree, Paul watched her with a smile. Miranda’s eyes lit up, and she dashed toward him.

As she got closer, she noticed a round bucket at his feet filled with snowball makers, tiny shovels, and small plastic rakes. There were even a few snowball makers in different fun shapes.

“These are…” She swallowed hard.

“Feel free to have fun with them,” Paul replied.

Miranda said exasperatedly. “But I’m not a child anymore.

Two minutes later, she was gleefully waving at him. “Dr. Jefferson! Look at this duck. Can you believer how real it looks? And this little dinosaur is so cute.

“Dr. Jefferson, can you use that tiny shovel to scoop up some clean snow from over there? I want it to be totally white without any gray stuff.

“Dr. Jefferson…” she called out again. “Dr. Jefferson…”

she

way.

truly

instructions as he darted

Why hasn’t Paul shown up yet?

looked surprised. ‘Dr. Quinton, are you waiting for

“Yeah. Why?”

took the day off,”

day off? When did he request that? Why

email late last night. He said…

dropped in

early morning, and the day was already off to a chaotic

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to the window. “The first snow of the winter is

tickets last night on the app, but

A snow date in the Old City? You’re really

plus all the

Elizabeth

alone? It’s way more