Love is the Sunshine novel Chapter 33

Time had passed so quickly and

it seemed like it was such a long time ago.

It was easier for them to get used to having one more person living in their home. But it was very hard to swallow the fact that Terence was gone.

A whole month had passed, since Terence had left. But neither of them had adapted to life without him.

Every night, Sean would refuse to have his dinner, until one more place was set for Terence at the table.

At first, Carla was against this. But in the end, she gave up because of his constant persistence in doing so.

When the summer holidays finally came, all that Sean could talk about was JA City.

When Carla arrived home from work one day, Sean continued with his nagging about JA City. He wouldn't stop, until he got Carla to promise him that she would take him there.

"Carla! My dearest sister!" Sean exclaimed in a soft and sweet tone.

Carla hurried into her room when she heard his voice.

Sean rushed after her. Quickly slipping into her room before she had time to close the door and lock him out. He gripped onto her arm and said, "Come on, sis! It's summer vacation now. I have two whole months to spend. Why don't you take me there just for fun?"

Sean didn't usually talk this way, but he really wanted to go to JA City to see Terence because he missed him so much. He was too young to travel alone, so he had to beg Carla to take him there, instead.

"Forget it. I don't have the time. You know how busy I am. If you don't know what to do in your free time, why don't you go to cram school? I've applied it for you." After Carla removed her arm from his grip, she took her coat off and hung it up.

"Come on, sis! I ranked among the top five in every exam. It's not necessary for me to go to a cram school. Plus, it's just a waste of your money," Sean answered proudly, as he held his head high.

Terence had spent a lot of time helping Sean with his homework and the results showed, especially in English. There were no more C's in his school report.

"Oh, yeah? It's the top five in third grade. Big deal!"

Carla gave him no praise or recognition for the vast improvement in his school work. Ignoring his pleas, she went into the kitchen. She put an apron on and began to cook.

"Oh, come on, sis! You're the best, aren't you? I've been begging you for so many days now. Why can't you take your little brother to JA City? Just for a few days, please! Please!"

Sean looked at Carla with his sincere puppy eyes, but Carla didn't answer.

Carla took a bowl and filled it with vegetables. She then sat at the table and began to peel them ready for cooking. "Sean, my job occupies all of my time. You know that. Besides, JA City is such a big place and even if we did go there, how could you be certain that you would run into Terence?"

Sean felt hopeful that Carla may finally agree. He quickly pulled up a chair and sat beside her.

"Sis, I know how nice Karen is. I'm sure she would give you some time off if you told her that you wanted to take your little brother on a trip. See, your job problem is solved. Now let's talk about your second question.

Of course, I know JA City is a big place. But Terence has given us his number, right? So we just need to give him a call and he'll meet us somewhere. See, everything is solved now!"

Carla paused for a moment to listen to Sean and then she tossed the food scraps into the rubbish bin.

Ever since Terence had left, not once had she called him.

"Sean, have you forgotten the reason why Terence left? We live in a different world from his. I don't want to have any contact with him. Do you understand me?"

Although that girl, Megan, didn't say it in a rudely blunt manner that day, it was loud and clear to Carla what she had truly meant.

The An family could reward Carla in a materialist manner to show their appreciation for what Carla did to help Terence, but nothing else. As for Terence, Carla convinced herself not to hitch her wagon to a star.

"No, I don't understand. He likes you so much. You and Terence live in two different worlds. So what! Make two into one! Big deal!"

Sean talked about this in his childish way.

Carla sighed. 'If it were only that simple, ' she thought as she took the bowl of vegetables into the kitchen. After washing them she began to cook. Sean followed her around like a puppy.

"Sean, it's hard for you to understand how complicated the world is at your age."