Violet snapped back to her senses and turned to face Rose.
"Mom, could you go home first? I...have something going on."
She didn’t dare look over because she didn’t want her to notice anything.
Rose didn’t notice anything unusual and just thought that she was in a mood, so she nodded.
"Alright, I'll be heading home then.Take care."
After Rose left, she turned around and saw Jackie and the short- haired woman leaving.
Violet bit her lip and followed along.She hid from them the entire journey until they got to a cafe, and
the woman walked in with him.
Violet realized that what she was doing was outrageous.She didn’t need to know who Jackie was with,
so she turned and was ready to leave.
Daisie suddenly appeared out of nowhere.
"Aunt Violet!"
That made her jump.She was surprised.
"Daisie?"
She looked around and asked, "Why are you here?"
She was holding a teacup while giggling.
"I came shopping with Colton and Uncle Jackie.Uncle Jackie said he was going to meet a friend, so
Colton and I just went our own way."
After that, she looked into the cafe.
"Uncle Jackie’s friend is a woman?"
Violet tapped her forehead.
"Mind your own business, kid."
Daisie touched her forehead and pouted, "I am minding my business, but you—"
She looked her up and down.
"Are you trailing Uncle Jackie?"
"I… I am not!"
Violet turned her face away.
"Nobody is following him.It’s just a coincidence."
Daisie smiled.
"A coincidence?"
"Daisie," Violet looked dead serious, "What did Uncle Jackie bribe you with? Why are you trapping me
like this?"
"I didn’t trap you."
Daisie looked wronged and unusually innocent.
"Uncle Jackie asked me not to tell you the other day, and I was afraid that you might be unhappy if I
told you that he got it, so I said I got it for you instead."
Violet was still suspicious.
"I would be too naive to believe you."
Daisie looked down.
"Alright, Aunt Violet, don’t be angry.I’m sorry, but I could see that Uncle Jackie likes you a lot."
"Like?"
Violet chuckled and crossed her arms.
"You're too naive.Men who say that they like you wouldn’t be so close to some other woman.You
shouldn’t fall for them."
But remembering that Daisie was so young and might not know what affection is, she slowed down.
"That’s not how affection works."
"How should it work then?"
‘It’s—"
Violet paused and lowered her head.
"There’s no point explaining to you because you wouldn’t understand."
Daisie wasn’t happy about being discriminated against because of her age, "How would I know if you
don’t explain it to me?"
Violet scoffed and flicked her forehead.
"I’m going to give you a lesson.When you like someone, you will want to see him all the time and won’t
stop talking about him.Everything he does will affect you and will make you jealous or afraid, and the
surprises he gives will make your day."affection is when one day, you meet a boy and catch feelings
and imagine a future with him and want to be his wife.That’s affection."
Daisie pressed her lips together and didn’t say a word.
Violet didn’t know what to say.
"You’re still young.You’ll know when you grow older."
"I understand."
She figured it out.
"So, you like Uncle Jackie, and you're jealous because he’s with some other woman?"
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