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…”

was bubbling with excitement. As she played, curious neighbors cast bewildered glances

way.

truly understood

darted around like a devoted sidekick. Despite everything, he

lab. “What time is it? Why hasn’t Paul shown up yet? Two sets of data went wrong

are you waiting

“Yeah. Why?”

he took the day off,”

a day off? When did he

“Dr. Jefferson sent an email late last night. He said… you’d be responsible for the lab work

jaw dropped

early morning, and the day was

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to the window. “The first snow of the winter

to snag tickets last night on

in the Old City? You’re really stepping up

seen so many articles and big production videos online about it, plus all the influencers

Elizabeth with you?”

of going alone? It’s way more fun