As it snowed last night, the footprints stood out in the midst of the snowy ground and it seemed to have appeared in the morning. As Hilda squatted in front of the grave, she looked at the fresh footprints in a daze. She saw a series of small footprints with the familiar bear symbol in the middle. Each step had the bear, revealing the shoe owner's childlike innocence. Next to the little bear footprints were a series of larger ones that seemed to belong to an adult male. As Hilda tilted her head while observing the footsteps, she pressed her feet next to the little bear footprints in curiosity. The larger footprints surrounded the little footprints with the bear in the middle looked as if it belonged to a family of three. Hilda watched the footprints with a blank expression, but she suddenly felt a heavy feeling in her chest, making her want to burst into tears. On the other hand, Connie merely looked at Adrian's grave as she sank into a stupor. That's my Adrian. I can't believe
Kater decided to hide in Hilda's house everyday after having a meal there. Sherry went out alone for a while that day and brought a new friend upon returning home. "Hello, I'm Caleb Clemon. Who are you?" The robot that Sherry brought home greeted Hilda as soon as it entered. Linux brought Caleb to his work studio and spoke, "This is Caleb and is from the series of robots as Sherry. He's merely coming over for an upgrade." Hilda looked blankly at the direction in which Caleb left. Connie noticed that she was often in a daze, looking as though something was missing from her life. After a pause, she quickly recommended, "Why don't I recommend some handsome guys to you?" She looked slightly crestfallen, but she continued to joke in reply. "How handsome is he? Is he as good looking as Nathan Clemon?" Her face immediately darkened. Nathan Clemon again! She's crushing on Nathan Clemon! Connie then gently smiled. "I promise that he'll be much better looking than Nathan! Why don't you
This was Hilda's first attempt at matchmaking. Although she did not feel good for having failed the first time, she replied to her mother, "It's okay, mom. Don't get mad. I didn't really expect much from this anyway. I was only trying to have a feel of what matchmaking is like. Come and sit down, mom. Let's eat."Connie still struggled to accept the fact that her daughter's maiden attempt at matchmaking involved a gay conman who was trying to fake their marriage. She was fumed with anger throughout her meal.In a shopping complex nearby at that very moment, Rex, the so called 'gay conman', was pacing along the complex with Thomas carrying his clothes and bag. He had the little girl sitting on his shoulders with her legs around his neck.The little girl was still in tears.Rex asked with a frown, "Why are you still crying?""I was too deep into my act..." She answered chokingly.Thomas wiped her tears and gently consoled her, "Alright, darling. Don't cry. It was all a show just now! Ar
As the evening came to an end, Nathan carried Luna up to the attic, where they could see the night sky through the sky window. Luna leaned beside Nathan and gazed upon the stars above. "Daddy, I wonder which star is mommy today." Nathan raised his hand and pointed at the brightest one among them and said, "That one. Look, she's winking back at you!" Luna fixed her eyes on that star and chuckled before a tinge of sadness took over. She asked, "Daddy, why did mommy turn into a star?" Nathan looked at the star and answered with a smile, "That's because mommy's an angel! She'll have to become an angel and travel to the skies soon. At night, she transforms into a star to watch over us to see if you misbehave. She will be back in a few years' time." He gently curled Luna's hair with his fingers and spoke apprehensively in a low voice. "Is there anything you want to tell mommy today? She's listening right now. She's an angel, and she'll fulfill your wishes." Luna made her wish carefull
Hilda hastily grabbed a stack of red packets as she saw the little girl approaching her doorstep to knock on the door. She opened the door and found the little girl standing right in front of her. She was immaculately dressed, and the purse hanging in front of her belly was bursting with red packets. "Happy New Year! May you be blessed with prosperity!" Greeted the little girl in her sweetest voice as she shamelessly reached out to Hilda with open palms. Hilda placed a red packet into her hands and replied, "Happy New Year to you too." The little girl got what she was after and was about to leave. Hilda subconsciously wanted to stall her but struggled to conjure any excuse at such short notice. She was also aware of the man whose cold, wary gaze had never left her since they arrived. Linux suddenly appeared at the door and offered a friendly welcome. "Aren't you Gasper? My, my, it's been a minute!" At the sight of Linux, the man's solemn façade melted into a genuine smile. "Mr. J
As they reached its home, Hilda left the husky there and headed back to her own. Kater had every intention of luring her into its house to babysit for him. Alas, Hilda saw through its ruse and turned back immediately. It loitered at the doorstep, uncertain whether to go in or to go to work. If it went to work at the pet shop, its rump would be sore from being caressed and pinched by guests there. If it went to the company to stand guard, it knew it was no match against the two fierce German Shepherds that just arrived. Every time it tried to put up a fight, it would end up getting beaten badly, so it figured it might as well skip work. If Kater returned to Rex's place, it would be all alone as Rex was always at work, and no one would play with it. It did not even think about going back to the Cannon Residence, for there would be an entire pack of military dogs, both still in service and retired, waiting for it at the lawn. Once again, winning a fight with them would be out of the qu
Luna spent the evening having dinner at Hilda's place. When she was done, she took Kater, which was wearing its skirt, by the harness and headed home. Kater was beyond recognition, for it was covered in tattoos, and its claws were painted bright red. It could no longer tell if it was a dog or a doll. "Miss, my daddy is coming home soon. So I need to go back now. I'll come play with you again tomorrow. You'll need a full course of bear dance to recover, okay?" Hilda packed the desserts she just learned to make, including the jelly and pudding, for Luna to be brought home. She even packed extra for her two 'daddies'. She gave the packed desserts to the nannies. Apparently, Luna had five to six nannies, and all of them were highly educated! Hilda stood at the entrance as she gazed at Luna, who was heading home. She also noticed a car parked in front of their Villa. Both her 'daddies' were back. One of them carried her lovingly and lifted her high up in the air. Such a wonderful, ha
The next day, Sonnia went to Linux' Villa again and brought a tablet to show the dogs and cats at the pet store to Hilda. "Look, look, these puppies are like Kater, who is a purebred Husky. They are very clever, but also expensive. I keep them in my store so that someone would adopt them. I'm sure Kater's father would want someone suitable to adopt these dogs. If you like them, we can head over to my store later and I'll give them to you. Rex said that you don't have to pay for it." Hilda glimpsed at the photos and videos on the tablet, the dogs looked like they were full of life as they ran around. In actual fact, they are Kater's puppies. Connie had finished dressing up and arranged her work schedule beforehand since she promised that she would bring her daughter to have fun today. She brought the tablet to her and gestured excitedly at the puppies on the screen while waiting in anticipation for her response. Although she was not a fan of noisy dogs, she knew that it only matte