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A week went by, and there was still no news regarding Pamela.
Toph was young and soon forgot about it, but Zuko remained heavyhearted these days alongside his parents.
He was distracted in class for the first time and could not answer his teachers. As a result, a few troublemakers
teased him.
He wanted to ask his parents where Pammy was, but he swallowed his words when he saw their grimaces.
Each time his mother talked to Linda on the phone, she cried. His father was distressed, and Robert came and left
hastily all the time. Even Helen was always sighing, and her food did not taste as good anymore.
Zuko quietly entered his study. He had his own little study, which was his own private space. He opened the drawer
of his writing desk, where a photo of him holding little Pammy was kept deep inside.
…
It was taken on Pammy’s first birthday. The little girl had just learned to stand and walk. She was full of curiosity
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtabout the world, but because she could not walk steadily, she could fall at any time. Zuko followed closely behind
her to protect her.
There were pebbles in the garden. When Pammy slipped, Zuko rushed out and threw himself on the ground before
she fell, catching the little girl in his arms.
Pammy thought her big friend was playing with her and giggled happily. Zuko, on the other hand, scraped his arm.
Seeing her laugh so happily, though, he could not help but smile too.
That was how the photographer captured the moment.
…
Zuko remembered that evening as particularly beautiful. The sky was filled with rosy clouds dyed pink and gold.
There was a quiet private road in front of the Thompsons’ house. He held Pammy’s hand and stood at the end of
the road, looking at the sky and clouds. A warm breeze blew, and cherry blossom petals fluttered down on them.
Pammy wore a fluffy pink dress and looked delicate, like a real princess. Zuko squatted down, pinched her chubby
little face, and asked her with a smile, “When it’s your birthday next year, I’ll take you to catch fireflies in Southeast
Aciatic, okay?”
Pammy did not know where Southeast Aciatic was, but she clapped her hands and danced excitedly when she
heard fireflies.
…
Zuko sighed and put the photo back, placing two books on top of it.
“Zuko! Zuko!” Toph knocked on the door from outside.
“Come in.”
“Zuko, something bad happened!” Toph was gasping for breath.
Zuko frowned and asked calmly, like a little adult, “What’s the matter? Didn’t dad teach us not to panic even if
something big happens? We have to speak calmly!”
Toph swallowed his saliva and said with difficulty, “I heard dad and mom say that Pammy… She’s dead.”
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmZuko felt a buzzing sound in his ears. He could no longer remember much of what happened next, only vaguely
remembering that all he could hear were cries during that time, and every time he closed his eyes, he could see
Pammy’s innocent face.
As he grew older, he gradually learned what had happened. Pamela had been kidnapped, and it was really done by
someone they knew.
Some relatives of Nicholas could not accept that he had gotten rich and successful and had gotten jealous of him
living a better life than them, so they had contacted his old enemies in secret to abduct his daughter.
In the beginning, these people had just wanted money. However, Nicholas’ enemies were outlaws. They were not
doing it for money—they just wanted Nicholas to suffer.
These guys had wanted to kill Pamela, while the relatives had been scared of the matter worsening, so they fled
with Pamela on a boat through the night, thinking of hiding it out in another city. Unexpectedly, they had
encountered a waterspout, and the boat capsized after swaying for some time.
Out of the 50 people in the boat, only five had managed to survive. That relative had managed to pull through but
was sentenced to death. Despite that, Pammy could never come back again.
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