He had seen Amanda when she went to visit Matthew and Dolores in the past.
He was impressed the most by her smile, and her crystal clear eyes were like stars. He could tell through her eyes that she was a person living in happiness.
When he met Nina for the first time, he was reminded of Amanda by looking at Nina's clear eyes.
However, when he saw Amanda again, her eyes were less clear, and her smile did not give the feeling of happiness.
He wanted to ask her what did happen to her at first, but then he felt presumptuous of asking her.
After a shower, he laid in bed for a long time and did not fall asleep.
In the early morning, a loud noise broke the silence of the house.
Amanda and Nina got up early, and Nina had a high interest. She did not eat breakfast and pestered Amanda to draw.
When they took things and were ready to go out, a woman arrived at the house.
The woman shouted at Amanda when she saw them, “Who are you? Why are you in Joan's house?”
She looked Amanda over, up and down, when she spoke.
“She's my mom,” Nina replied.
Amanda was speechless.
She widened her eyes and stared at Nina.
Nina tugged Amanda's sleeve, and Amanda understood what she meant and bent over closer to Nina.
Nina whispered something in Amanda's ears, “This woman always likes to pester my dad, but he doesn't like her, and I don't like her either, so just pretend as my mother to piss her off.”
Amanda was speechless.
She doubted so much, ‘Is she really a five-year-old child?’
She wondered what Nina was thinking in her mind.
“You're a kid, and you should do what a kid should do. It's your father's business, and he should settle it himself. You can't get involved in it,” after saying that, Amanda explained to the woman in the local language, “You took this wrong. I'm just staying here for a night, and I'll leave tomorrow.”
Amanda's foot had almost healed, and she was ready to go back tomorrow.
Payne had learned the local language of Amanda’s country and understood what she said, so she looked a little better, “Oh.”
She would learn the local language because Joan could say the local language.
Amanda smiled politely and led Nina to go outside.
Nina was not happy, pouted, and whispered, “She is so annoying. Daddy doesn't like her, but she still always comes to pester him.”
Amanda walked to the riverside and glanced at Nina faintly, “You're so young. Why do you care his matter so much?”
“I don't want daddy to be disturbed,” Nina said with a grievance.
Amanda arranged the drawing board, “Children should think less.”
Nina raised her head and looked at her, “Why don't you care about my dad? He's the one who took you in.”
Amanda was speechless.
“I pay my respects to him and thank him for taking me in, but that's it. After all, I don't know him well either, and I definitely can't get involved in his life,” Amanda knew who she was, and she knew that she should keep her distance from Joan.
Nina sat unhappily on the grass, “You're so hard-hearted.”
Amanda was speechless.
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