Ashton nodded and went into the kitchen, leaving me alone with Zachary.

Despite us being father and daughter, we didn’t really have much to talk about.

“This bracelet looks great on you,” he said after a brief pause when he noticed the bracelet on my hand.

“Thanks. Ashton’s assistant bought it during his business trip in Venria,” I replied.

He simply nodded and kept quiet after that.

Summer looked up at us and asked, “What day is today?”

“It’s New Year’s Eve, the last day of the year,” Zachary replied with a gentle look in his eyes.

“Does that mean we have to celebrate it with the whole family?”

Zachary nodded.

Turning toward me, Summer asked, “Why aren’t Grandpa and Uncle John here, Mommy?”

“They’re a little busy. Aunt Hannah just had a baby recently and has to stay home for quite a while, so they’ll celebrate it at home instead,” I said with a faint smile after a short pause.

be able to go

Zachary answered them all patiently anyway. I decided to go help out with

make tacos?” Ashton

him out. “My grandma taught me how to

South know how to make tacos, even in the older generations. My mom didn’t know how to make them either,” Sally said when she heard

my grandma has been to a lot of places. She’d make tons of them every year

this feeling that she’s a Northerner born in the body of a

her past, though. So

got to know Old Mr. Fuller and why she trusted

my

she rarely even talked to our neighbors there. Macy’s mom once

me all by herself, and no one really bothered

grandma’s name?” Sally asked

I took on her last

with him? There are plenty of other families in R Province that are much wealthier, so

left you a topaz gemstone in the sandalwood box she gave you. Have you ever taken a look inside?” Cameron

shook my head in disbelief. “No, I couldn’t get

open it

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