MasukAfter 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
"Let him be canceled, as long as I’m still your top favorite," Nathan said with a cocky edge, grabbed her hands and pinned them above her head, then leaned down and kissed her hard.The whole world remained fast asleep, quiet and still, except for the three people in this house—who were all wide awa
"And now you think you have the right to demand justice?" Louis' voice was icy, each word sharp and deliberate. "Kenneth Turner’s illegitimate son is nearly ten years old. You want me to believe none of you knew? You fed off him for years while he thrived under the Walker family’s name. “Now that
As she spoke, the way she looked at her own daughter was full of envy and jealousy.How she wished her son could be just as capable.By this point, Adora already knew what she was getting at."What now, you need money again?"Lilian didn’t answer directly, only lowered her gaze, looking even more hu
Though people around the world leave this earth every moment for all sorts of reasons, it still felt unsettling that, in just over a month, four people from their own circle—Ruby, Eugene, Kenneth, and Shane—had all passed away one after another. It cast a heavy gloom over everything."Death comes f







