After saying goodbye to Troy Roger, Nina Morrison walks forward blankly.
The world is so big and she feels so lonely.
There is a family of three pass on the roadside. A beautiful little girl with her father in her left hand, and her mother in her right hand, her head tied with a pink bow, smiling naively.
There is a roadside stall selling sugar gourd, the little girl stares at the big red sugar gourd with her bright big eyes. She shakes her mother’s hand pleasingly, “Mommy, Lily wants to eat sugar gourd!”
“No! Too much sugar will decay your teeth.” The mother quickens her steps, trying to pull the little girl forward.
The little girl turns her head to her father, “Daddy, Lily wants to eat sugar gourd.”
Her tender child voice is so soft to melt a person’s heart.
The father lifts the little girl above his head and let her ride on his shoulders, “No problem! Daddy will buy lily a sugar gourd!”
The mother stops in frustration and says, “Look at you, you would spoil her!”
Although it sounds like a reproach, the tone is full of happiness and warmth.
Nina Morrison looks at the happy family and her eyes moisten slightly. If only Nelson were really her son! In this big world, there would always be a care, a pair of little hands will hold her sleeves, love and trust her without reservation.
It seems like a huge hole in her heart. The wind would blow in to haps of her bones.
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