When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 1002

Chapter 1002

Staring at me, he said with remorse, “I am responsible for the incident that happened back then. Ishouldn’t keep it from Mr. Moore. If he learned of your existence, maybe he would bring you back to theMoore family.”

To me, that was all in the past now. Hence, I let out a faint smile and replied, “Boris, there is no suchthing as ‘if’ in this world.”

Smiling, he took a quick glance at Amy, who was sleeping on my legs, and said, “This child will have adifferent life after encountering you.”

I shrugged in response and remained silent. It was too early to jump to conclusions now. No one couldtell if this was a good or bad thing.

After about eight hours, we arrived at the village. At that time, all of us were exhausted. Although wedeparted early in the morning, it was late when we reached the destination.

The cold spell hit the village in December, causing a drastic dip in the temperature. Just as I got out ofthe car, I shivered because the cold wind blew toward me. After a while, Amy woke up and opened hereyes slowly. Looking at the environment that she was familiar with, she said, “Ms. Stovall, we’vearrived.”

I gave her a nod and grabbed hold of her as we walked toward her house with the bags. Her housewas not too far from our car, but the road was not easy to walk. Luckily, there was no rain recently. Thesoil was dry and hard, so it wasn’t that bad.

By the time we reached Ronald’s house, the sky was already dark. Hence, I couldn’t replace the entrance.Looking at the dark house, I was a little worried. It’s already nine! Why there’s no one here? Where didthey go?

Luckily, Amy was familiar with this place. She stood outside the door and called out to her parents. Notlong after, someone opened the door slightly. A meek voice was heard coming from the inside, “Amy, isthat you?”

After a short pause, Amy replied happily, “Ava, it’s me! Ms. Stovall brings me back.” At that, she rushedinto the house happily.

There was no light in the house. Hence, Boris turned on the torchlight. When he saw a seven-year-oldchild, he furrowed his brows unwittingly and queried, “Where are your parents?”

Ava held onto Amy’s hand and replied, “They work at the farm and haven’t come back yet.”

At that time, the light from the torch lit up in the house, and I could see a pot of vegetable stew on thecement floor. The dish looked like it had turned cold. Besides, the fire in the coal stove that providedheat to the house was almost extinguished.

I turned to look at Ava, who was trembling from the coldness, and asked, “It’s so cold, and you’re onlywearing so little? Why don’t you burn more coal?”

She tugged on Amy’s arms and touched the latter’s clothes in envy as she replied, “Mom told me not towaste the coal when they are not home. I just need to cover myself with the blanket to keep warm. I willstart the fire after they come home.”

Hearing that, I was overwhelmed by an inexplicable feeling. I think that doesn’t seem appropriate, but Idid not say anything else. Then, I asked Boris to take all the food from the car and bring her a heavyjacket. After putting on the jacket for a while, she took off the jacket and kept it.

I was confounded. “Why don’t you wear it? The weather is cold. You’ll catch a cold if you don’t wear afew more layers.”

She shook her head and answered, “I want to save it for Christmas. If I have new clothes forChristmas, no one will make fun of me anymore this year.”

At that, Boris stood up and passed her the jacket again, and said in a serious manner, “Just keep it on.Ms. Stovall will give you some new clothes too for Christmas.”

Upon hearing that, Ava was excited and put on the jacket as instructed.

About half an hour later, a sound came from outside. Ronald and his wife came back from work. Seeingthat, Ava started the fire to heat the dishes up while Amy helped the former to add the firewood.

On the other hand, Boris and I walked out of the house. At the sight of us, Ronald was stunned beforehe could react. After that, he wore a wide grin and nervous expression on his face and queried, “Ms.Stovall, what makes you come here? Did Amy cause trouble to you? Don’t worry. Everything can stillbe discussed!”

I frowned at what he said. It seemed that to them, the children were always wrong. Looking at him, Isaid, “Don’t think too much. Amy didn’t cause any trouble to me. We are here to discuss somethingwith you.”

Ronald’s wife listened to our conversation as she unloaded the dried grass and radish from the car.The children were helping her too.

Upon hearing my words, she heaved a sigh of relief.

As night had fallen, I didn’t tell him the purpose of my visit until the next morning.

The next day, Ronald’s wife got up very early.

She brought a huge basket and left the house with her children, saying that she wanted to collectradish at the nearby field.

Ronald knew I had something to discuss with him. So he woke up early too. I said bluntly to him, “It’slike this. I knew you haven’t register Amy as a citizen. So, I want you to get citizenship for her, and wewill pay for the fee. This will definitely bring benefits to you and Amy in the future.”