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
Laura pressed her lips together, the night breeze warming her cheeks.She didn’t know how to define her relationship with Nathan now.Reconciled? Not really.Broken up? Hardly, since both knew how the other felt and still cared deeply.In her heart, she believed they both saw each other as “family.”
It was sheer willpower keeping her mother’s frail body going.But the doctors had already warned them—at this stage, she could pass at any moment. So, Laura put her work on hold and spent most of her days at her mother’s side.Nathan would come over right after work, and at night, they stayed there
Since he could still walk out on his own, that meant he’d be fine……After being struck so harshly by Laura, Nathan suddenly came to terms with it.He still loved the girl, but he also knew he couldn’t give her the kind of marriage she wanted.If that was the case, then it was better to respect fate
Nathan immediately understood. Lifting her shirt gently, he saw the rash spread across her skin—angry and red.“Come on, we’re going to the hospital. Let’s have Mom take a look.” Without a second thought for his own exhaustion after work, he helped her up, guiding her out while calling his mother o







