Just instinctively liking this person.
She smiled brightly, her cheeks round like a little squirrel that snuck a piece of candy.
Curtis Prescott was stunned for a moment, then he smiled as well.
Years have passed, but that sentence is still etched clearly in his memory.
It wasn't until later that he realized it was the first time she'd seen someone who looked like "family."
Before that, she was all alone.
Drifting between relatives, enduring cold stares and bullying.
Vivian Sinclair felt a pang of sadness when she heard this.
Her eyes felt slightly warm, and she blinked hard, suppressing the moisture.
Yes, the little girl who was always bullied has grown up now.
No longer needing to hide in the corner to secretly wipe away tears.
No longer having to bow and scrape for a bite of food.
She had her own job and her own place.
Even having the courage to say "No."
The big brother who always protected her finally had someone he wanted to guard.
