Angela for a

voice, "Dad, I'l

ppets of their conversation re

n't need to go to the hospital. I have an appointment with someone. If possible, you can dr

turned his head slightly to loo

too much

eading to the city anyway

idn't refuse any further and told them s

ed them and got out of the car. The cold wind carried raindrops that stung her skin,

ohn suddenly ca

ith a polite smile, wo

her a black

s w

ces'

e rain, and he hopes Miss Moo

n't appr

coat? It's brand new. Ou

sponse, John shoved the co

but John had already walked away. Her ankle sti

am was difficult to approach

rumors weren't

laughter and the clinking of glasses. Clearly, the meal had al

walked in, the

who had intruded, disrupti

it it as soon as possible. It's just a teaching position at a training center. Anyone who doesn'

that." Her adoptive m

id Daisy, the daughter The Moore fami

person in a shopping mall. She hadn't gotten into coll

had to wait for you for so long. We got hungry a

shook h

ing..." Daisy's voice was filled with admiration, but there was an underlying bitt

family parents felt ev

ney, and Daisy's past environ

ships, now that she was home, they naturall

inely happy for

she had to give up everyt

because these things had n

well-behaved she was, her adoptive parents had always remained distant. Then, a year later, th

h of returning her to the orphanage. Though they remained emotionally d

a good reputation, they even donated a

t I happened to be out shopping, so I asked him to pic

m n

thought you were upset."

fore, so everything is unfamiliar to

Since I don't know many people here, he's the one I'm c

d, sitting beside Daisy, a

ld seem as if Daisy wa

ved Frances' trench coat and hung it to the

oat isn't yo

early a m

ntly darkened, lo

picking Daisy up, takin

way he look

ere the one involv

nwh

ces, smiling ingratiatingly.

ccepte

y before she could refuse," Joh

..

y, and yet, on a rainy day, they didn't even send a driver. And Alex? What kind of fiancé is he? He d

t Miss Moore into the car, but you barely

lled him 'Dad' for so long, yet he doesn't care for her in the slightest. She's

es slightly. "I'm thi

to take advantage of the si

boss ordered him to "accidentally" create a traffic incid

er, his boss

k. "I'm thinking about

ediately

he window, his exp

reflecting a force as powe

t cigarette bet

to an unrecog