A Touch of Sweetness (Finnick Norton and Vivian William) novel Chapter 1672

Never Late, Never Away Chapter 1672

Larry had never seen the coast at night. When he was young, he only strolled along the beach with his mother in the afternoon or early morning. Back then, he was always morose and griped that he had no dom and rights, so his mother coaxed him by saying, “Everything you’re learning now is helping you lay your path to make it easier in the future.”

Having heard that too many times, he naturally found it irritating and couldn’t be bothered to listen to her anymore. Thus, his mother came up with an idea—whenever he was downcast, she would bring him here to look at the sea and amble along the beach with him, leaving rows of neat footprints.

“There are many things in this world, but there is only one sea. Regardless of whether it’s the present or the future, the sea we behold will be the same sea. Everything in this world will change, but not the sea. As long as you want to see it, it’ll always be here.”

His mother’s words had been keeping him company for many years, bringing him through the barren desert and biting winter… leading him to the oasis time and again. She had grown old and could no longer walk the beach with him, but the sea she spoke of had always remained here.

Avoidance was never the answer to any problem. Nevertheless, he hadn’t been in contact with Caspian and Nancy these few days though they were the ones who dragged him back from the bar in the middle of the night. As for Joan, he hadn’t seen her in a long time either. At that time, I said I was going to the office to handle some matters, but I haven’t gone back to see her in ages. What would she think?

And there’s Leslie as well. With so many things happening, he’s the person I owe most. As a child with both parents alive and he should be loved and pampered by all having been born in a harmonious family. But no thanks to the conflict between his parents, he was placed in a child care center. It was a compromise that Joan proposed, but no one ever considered whether it was fair or otherwise to him.