He walked closer and saw her flushed cheeks, smelled the scent of alcohol all over her, and the trace of sorrow between her eyebrows hadn't faded.
Jose Floyd frowned slightly, bent down, and horizontal embraced the person who had passed out from intoxication, standing in front of the graves, looking at the words 'Wade' 'Niki' engraved on the two adjacent tombstones.
Jose Floyd looked at the two tombstones, guessed their identities, and slightly nodded towards Nicole's biological mother and brother, his voice faint: "Nice to meet you. From now on, she belongs to me. I'm taking her with me, she's mine for this lifetime."
Jose Floyd, rare to speak so politely, addressed the two tombstones with utmost respect and decorum.
His tone was just like a son-in-law and brother-in-law asking his mother-in-law and brother-in-law for the most precious treasure they had.
Jose Floyd turned around while holding Nicole.
