Brushing off the spilled tea

And today they gave an enormous surprise to suddenly appear and behave as if that not-short period of time of absence were nothing, and that surprise did not only affect her but also her father, as she had noticed him losing words for a moment.

Joanna's gaze was back to falling on the scene near the fireplace. It was right that before their absence, every time they came to her home, she would play with Valerie, whose age was not far different from hers. They would happily giggle here and there together, being cheerful from the morning to the night, behaving as if there was nothing to worry about in life.

Yet it was long ago. Their childhood time had passed. They had not met each other for six to seven years. So many things should have happened during that period of time. She even now had held a status as a wife.