Please Love Me, Mr. George

“Nothing, Mario. You can find out what you want. There’s no need to ask so many questions. And don’t be taken advantage of like a fool.”

At the end of the day, there were too many people involved in Diana’s death. Nova Pearson was guilty, but if I said this now, how was I any different than she was?

We left early in the morning. The cemetery was far from the city, so I looked at Clarie staring at the gravestone and said, “Clarie, we should go home.”

Clarie nodded and looked at Mario. After a pause, she said, “Goodbye, Uncle.”

I was stunned for a moment, and Mario’s slender body stiffened slightly. “Good-bye!” he said, as if delusional. And his voice was trance.

I led Clarie up the steps of the cemetery. She was small and walked slowly down the steps, so I carried her on my back.

The steps were so long that it seemed like you couldn’t walk to the end. “Clarie, did you like that uncle back there?”

I knew Clarie. She rarely talked to someone she didn’t know without me introducing her, but today she called Mario Uncle.

“I can’t say I like him. I just think he’s different from other uncles.” She said with a good look.

I laughed. After all, they were related by blood, and in any case, there was no way to get rid of it.

“Mom, don't you like that uncle?” She lay on my shoulder as if she were sleepy.

I thought about it and shook my head. “I don’t like him, and I don’t hate him. It’s just that he owes the people who mean the most to me.”

“Oh, I see…”

There was a long tone. She must have been sleepy.

We left the cemetery and Clarie was asleep on my back. It’s not easy to get a taxi here, so I waited on the side of the road.

The window of the black Jaguar was rolled down as it pulled up to the side of the road to reveal Mario’s cool face.

“I’ll take you home!”

I shook my head and said no. “No, it’s still early. I can take a taxi.”

face. “Miss Kennedy, it’s not easy to get a

together, unwilling to say more to her, and

a child with you. It’s not convenient to take a taxi. Come on!” Mario spoke,

scowled and felt vaguely

taxi coming not far away, so I raised my hand and stopped it. Then I looked at them and said lightly, “The car

back to YT Apartment. I put her back to bed, cleaned up, and picked up my phone to order some food for the

Alex. I came back late last

work.

on the other end. The man’s voice was deep and reserved, “Busy

into the washing machine. The mountain road was

took Clarie out for a walk.” Clarie seemed to wake up and there was

got up to have a

Dennis said on the

a walk.” Clarie did wake up and sat

she saw me, she said softly, “Mom, I’m

phone. “I’m cooking for Clarie.

“Okay!” He said softly.

up the phone, and before long, the doorbell rang, maybe

a lot of things. When he saw how long it took me to come, he said, “Did

you working today? What are

kitchen and sighed, “The fridge

Clarie was already hugging his thigh and screaming

the dessert to Clarie and said softly, “Clarie, eat some

he looked up at me. “Where have you been this

said, stuffing things in the fridge with him, “We ran

I said, “Nova Pearson seems

and frowned. “Mario’s

shrugged. “Maybe!” It looked like

at Clarie, pressed his lips slightly, and lowered his voice.

possible he already knows,

say so?” He said