LOGINAfter thanking the officers, Louis checked the time—it was already half past nine.“Let’s head home. The temperature’s dropping; I don’t want anyone catching a cold.”Marcus stood still, muttering under his breath, “But Loraine’s favorite singer hasn’t even gone on yet…”Louis turned sharply toward
“He said he was thirsty, so I went to buy him a drink. I clearly told him not to move and when I got back, he was gone!”Loraine’s face went pale with worry. “Let’s look for him right now! I saw security guards and some police officers earlier. We can ask them for help!”The three of them forgot all
Mason, the quieter and more composed one, simply listened to the music, occasionally nodding along to the rhythm.The youngest, Manuel, was too short to see the stage at all, swallowed up by the crowd and left with nothing but the thundering music pounding in his ears.Before long, he got restless.
“Marcus, every time you sneak out, you use the same excuse,” Manuel said, crossing his arms. “Can’t you at least come up with something new?”Marcus froze. Loraine quickly jumped in with a smile. “Manuel, we really do have something serious to take care of this time. It’s boring stuff. You’d have w
“Raine, look, your fingers need to lift here, then drop cleanly. Watch my hand when I play.”In the Walker family’s grand music room, young Mason was patiently teaching Loraine how to play the piano.Sunlight streamed through the tall windows, half spilling over the glossy surface of the hundred-tho
Grace tried to lift her head, but she was too weak to manage even that small movement.A nurse quickly stepped forward and raised the head of the bed so that Grace only needed to lower her gaze to see the tiny baby in Laura’s arms.“A daughter… girls are so sweet,” Grace murmured, the words faint bu
“Mom, how is she?”“She just got into the ER. Still undergoing tests,” Louis replied, his face as dark as a storm.Mainard turned to his nephew, equally stern. “Eugene, what trouble did you cause this time? “Do you have any idea how old your grandparents are? If something’s wrong, can’t you solve i
At that, he chuckled softly. “Exactly. Growing up in a family like mine, everything was handed to me. I had no idea what I wanted to do and sense of purpose. Just drifting through life felt meaningless.”“So you deliberately picked something challenging?”“Something like that. Nathan always said me
But before Cecilia could even get a look at the wound on her son's shoulder, her eyes landed on several glaring red marks across his back, clearly made by fingernails.“Tsk, really now? Have you two no sense of timing? Your injury’s not fully healed and you’re already messing around? “What if she s
Louis had been about to leave when a cry for help made him pause and glance back.He saw Ruby, her clothes in disarray, push open the car door in an attempt to escape, only for a similarly disheveled man to yank her back by the hair.The rear windows were tinted, but through the front windshield, th







