The painting that he was making was facing to the opposite side, she was unable to see."This is not just a painting, it's a tale.A pictorial tale.A precious gift for each one of you", he spoke in excitement dribbling from his eyes.Murphy was getting curious at the gift that was meant for them, a surprise that was for her."Show it to me please", she insisted, hopping impatiently."Ah, have a look then, but this is gonna be our secret.As it is a surprise of Ana, being getting ready yet", he said excitedly, turning around the isle of the canvas."Ta-Da, have a look", he presented the painting with a fine gesture of his hand, like presenting his masterpiece.It was a well, and a beautiful garden around it, adorned with flowers and ornamental plants.There she was sitting in the bucket of the well, all happy and laughing while looking out of the canvas at them.That was strange, it showed acc

Ana was running beside the bushes to hide.It was a happy day for her, finding his Dad playing with her.She ran behind the bush and stayed there, peeking around at her momentarily, assessing the situation.“Anaaa!, I have found you”, a noble illustrious voice spoke joyfully, running towards her to catch her.Ana giggled and ran away from Dad to hide behind another tree so that she can be hard to be found and she could therefore win of course!She so much wanted to win this time just to show her Mis Martino about her

‘Johanna. . . . My daughter. . . I can’t hold this weary heart for too long. . . 

Murphy instantly knew that that was the end of Johanna's story too, she came to know that there wasn't anything in her hands that could possibly pose any chance of her survival.There she stood, looking at the tomb silently, lost in the world of hopelessness that encaged her badly.She had run out of any hope to do any justice to them, she had tried all that was in her hands.There was nothing else that there was for her to try even, everything was already planned by the master of treachery, the emotions were already captured in the charm of it, the plots were already set, the preys were already fallen into it, there was merely no chance of any revival.A wave of disgust passed through her body, seizing her bitterly in it.Tears no longer made their way to her eyes, the boiling of her brain had dried up all her tears that would have shed at the grievance of her failure.There she stood, having her fists clenched, gritting her teeth, thinking about the p

"Alphaaaaa?. . .  Alphaaaa?", she was wandering around the trees and finding him where she had found him there a day before.It had been a time that she was searching for him, and he was nowhere to be found."Princess! Have you been anticipating someone's presence here?", a familiar voice spoke from behind her.She turned around immediately to find Hugo there standing behind her.Her heart halted at the sight of him, the warm look in this eyes was too hard to be missed, and the half crooked smile was the signature look on his face.He was exactly the same the way she had seen before, just the color of his hair was a bit darker than before."Ah, I was looking for Alpha.Have you seen him?", she inquired."Perhaps he will be somewhere around the fountain over there", he pointed at the lawn at some distance."By the way, it was useful sending Mr. Marsh there.I needed some company in the office,