ild was so har

iled by Aydan and me since she w

s tender child would grow to r

an and Elyse retu

learned they had gone

ly tutor, seemed more li

d Elyse seemed t

se and I weren

hold my hand an

kiss me and fall a

distance between

back from abroad and Ay

aching that sparked El

o way of

. Elyse was doing her homework, and because of

, she brough

you be more li

she takes me to the theme park with Dad. Plus, Aunt Na

around, no wonder Dad

, her small face w

o many years of marriage, hadn't I seen

ating, no matter what I

had just given birth and was i

arted to criticize my appearance and figu

taken

e Aydan's favorite pla

s there wit

I pressed my lips together, pushing aside my disappointment. I turn

Aunt Natalia said she's taking me out, " Elys

ced at

like that, I would have insisted sh

all seemed

h a hum and walked past, ready t

e, ran barefoot to Aydan, threw herself into his a

n to pick up our daughter, his arm muscles

ng, he approached me with a cold

ern with the child? It's ju

suddenly feeling lik

love, and the once sunny, clear

nd when she heard him scold me, s

with Aydan, debated him fiercel

erly calm, turning to lea

ple like them se

lia talking to him, "Ay

doesn't like me, maybe I should

demeanor. I don't know who