You Are My One and Only

Elizabeth frowned. It’s 6.30PM on a Sunday. Why is he still working?

“Isaac, does this mean you won’t be coming back for dinner?”

“Yes, Gran. Work is piling up lately, so I won’t be going back for dinner for now.”

“Oh, I see. I’ll let Tricia know that you won’t be coming back for dinner then. It’ll just be us tonight.”

Elizabeth moved to end the call, but Isaac called out to her at once.

“Who did you say it was, Gran?”

Elizabeth smirked. I knew I could get a reaction out of you if I mentioned Tricia!

Isaac was indifferent to his old grandma, but not to a pretty young woman.

“I invited Tricia and her three darling children over to dinner. We’ll go ahead and start dinner now since you won’t be joining us.”

“I’m done with work. I’ll be right there.”

The call dropped immediately, and Elizabeth chortled in amusement.

were eerily similar to Isaac. It would be great

wishes would come true if

could only sigh

…

into the living room. “Sylvie, stop running about. Take a

the Arnold Manor was huge, and Patricia worried that Sylvie might

hour. It would not do if

to keep an eye on

an eye on your

Mommy!” the

scamper off somewhere, Patricia could take a seat and have a sip

a loud sound coming from Phillip’s room. A few

went over to the room, with the

sweeping off the items on the headboard. When everything came

the matter, Old Mr. Arnold?

when he saw the woman in front of him. He stared at her in silence and glanced at the three children behind her

over and stretched her hand out

You’ll feel happier when you eat something sweet. It’s not

and fed it to him. Phillip’s smile widened as he chewed on

to convey how sweet it was, but Sylvie beat him to

eat something sweet, you feel happy too! Let’s not

boxes of medicine that were strewn on the floor and placed them carefully on the table before coming