Chapter 152

Zoe returned to Brookesville and drove directly to the cemetery from the airport.

In early winter, a chilly wind blew. She wore a black coat and held a bouquet of daisies, her mother's favorite. Standing in the cold wind, she gazed at her mother's smiling face on the tombstone.

Her mother passed away in a car accident. In Zoe's memories, her mother was gentle and affectionate, deeply in love with her father.

In the evening, the sound of a car would resonate in the courtyard of Kirk Manor. Her mother would carry her downstairs to welcome her father. Her father would kiss her mother first and then hug her, asking, "Did you miss Daddy?"

"I did! I want to follow you to pick up Noah from school."

"Okay! Let's pick up your brother together and not disturb your mom while she paints."

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The young Zoe sat in the black RV, watching her mother from behind the rear window. Her mother stood in the courtyard, wearing a shawl, with a blooming wax plum tree beside her and a faint smile on her