Chapter 1

The crowd that sits on the wooden chair. The decoration of the venue makes one's heart full of love and admiration. The clinking of the glasses

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"Flor?", a woman called out to a child.

She was wearing plain frocks paired with a blue petticoat.

"Mama!", the child shouted smilingly.

The woman walked closer to the child and kneeled on the floor close to Flora. As she pinch the child's both cheeks and kissed her forehead. One could hear the small girl's bubbly laugh inside the playroom. The door opened and a man entered the room. He was wearing a plain suit paired with a black blazer. On his feet, one could see a black dress shoe. He walked in and saw both his wife and child having fun together.

"Mae? Are you okay now?", the man asked the woman as he kissed her hair.

The woman looked at him and smiled brightly. Her smile was like the sun that shone that day. He sat beside her and pinched the child's cheeks.

"I'm fine. Don't worry", she told the man and let the man hug her and the child.

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The room was filled with someone's coughing. It was a woman who was lying on top of the bed. Beside her is a man and the man is carrying a small young girl.

"Mae…", the man said softly.

The man's face was filled with dolefulness as he held the woman's hands.

"Don't worry. I'm fine, Ash",the woman smiled at him sweetly.

His tears started to fall and he kissed the woman's forehead. The child who he was carrying in his arms was looking at them curiously, with her brightly lit eyes. The man looked at her and smiled.

"Ash…", the woman called out to him.

The man smiled at her and put another kiss on her forehead and finally bumping softly both their foreheads.

"I'm going to take care of Flor. Don't worry, Mae. I promised you", the man kissed her lips after saying those words.

He walked out of the door and closed it. As the door closed, the atmosphere was filled with a tone of black and gray color. The once sunny mansion was filled with the cold of the winter. The flower that the woman once loved, finally dries up and falls on the ground. The picture frames that were framed on the wall were covered with white long curtains.

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"Dada!", the small girl shouted.

The man looked at her and patted her head. She stood on her toes and looked at the papers that the man was holding in his hands.

"What are you looking at, little child?", the man asked her with a silly tone.

"Dada … papers … Lawsuit?", the young girl asked with curiosity.

The man just smiled at her and pinched her cheeks. She laughed and ran out of the room. Inside, the butler approaches the man with a cup of coffee that is put on a tray. The man smiled slightly at him and looked outside of the window. It was summer and the sun was shining brightly up in the sky. One could see the pain in the man's eyes despite his effort of smiling. It must be hard for him to lose his wife and their house.