The latter had coaxed Lim to take a sip of beer and eventually, as they hung out daily after work, he got used to the habit but would make sure

question that was a

pid?" He muttered and turned he

er eyebrows, una

ve noticed that there was discontent in th

eat dad he used to know. She placed the half-eaten pizza back on the platter and poured herself a glass of water to transport the lump down the throat. Rose wished she hadn'

ill give you more because

he said as a drop of tear spilt on her hand

sing her on the cheek passionately as if trying to keep her off the scent yet the latter already knew. She obedientl

appeared, and then with a solid

g not to appear rude, she he

boozing. A whiff of alcohol hit

ish for him to deny,

lps of Bond-7. It's just harmless. There's nothin

outed slightly. Lim stroked his chin and contemplated her for a moment. He had an impression that she was t

ers, and end up dictating my life, no! A Raymond cannot be defeated by a woman." After thoughtful thinking, he clasped her waist with tenderness and bro

umstances. His phone beeped again and noticed that it was Josh that had texted him again. The colour on

on my way. I won't be long, I promise. Tell Shalom not to sleep before I return, bye, lov

ally in one way or another, and she felt disheartened. There was a need to explain to Shalom b

her and filled her with discontent. No matter how much her father tried to hide in the shell of

om's room. The latter jerked sl

s,

ly with vitality

halom clicked to express her disappo

s that suppo

, just t

making her lie on her la

y as if she was afraid of her. "He inst

e about us anyway." There was

hat, dear. You kno

is a fiddle." She spoke in a solem

vail himself to them in case they need him, but that doesn't mean he doesn't care about us." What could she have told her? She t

*

g finished reading her storybook, she kept on turning over the pages

ng through her window which faced the direction of the gate. It was past midnight and Lim hadn't re