Cordy drank the honey water while re-reading Richard's note, his show of love and concern for her.
These three years, Richard was like a ball of warmth that never failed to love and take care of her.
He was clearly still a child, yet he was trying to grow up overnight into a man.
Cordy sipped on the cup of honey water and brought the warm milk upstairs. She hesitated for a moment at the stairwell before finally deciding to go into Richard's room.
Richard was already asleep.
He was sleeping very soundly.
After all, his days at school were long and tiring.
She leaned over and kissed him on the forehead.
If she did not have Richard, she was not sure if it was possible for her to survive over the past three years.
She was not sure if she could hang on and live well for the next three, or even thirty, years.
For some reason, as time went on, her longing for John became deeper and deeper with time.
It had become so deep that she sometimes felt possessed.
Wasn't it said that time heals all wounds?!
Yet why was it that the more time passed, the more difficult she felt things got?
She desperately missed John during this period.
Whenever she closed her eyes as things around her quietened down, all she could see was John. It was so clear and so haunting.
Cordy returned to her own room, lay on her bed, and switched the lights off.
Darkness befell.
That deep longing in her heart almost swallowed her whole…
How was she ever able to forget John, given how much Richard resembled him?
"I'm heading to the capital today and will only be back either tomorrow or the day after," Cordy sat next to Richard and ate her breakfast with him. "Stay at home with Lawrence, okay?"
"Okay." Richard nodded.
He had always been an independent child.
Not only was he independent, but he could even take good care of Cordy.
"I'll try my best to come back tomorrow," Cordy promised.
"Okay. But don't rush yourself too much, Mommy. Your health is most important," Richard said thoughtfully.
"I will."
"Oh yes, Grandaunt called me just now, asking when we can go back to Levine Manor for a meal. She said that she missed me and asked me to ask you for a day and time." Richard suddenly recalled the call and asked, "Mommy, do you have time to go back to Levine Manor and visit Grandaunt with me?"
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