His Eagle Eyes on Me

Since she was now a single mother, Shelly's relatives would look down on her if she returned to her hometown.

Fortunately, her close family members understood her situation and offered to visit her instead.

Shelly still lived in the same apartment as she had before, and ever since Courtney had returned home, she had had to bear the cost of rent entirely by herself.

After she had given birth, her mother had moved in to help care for the baby, and the apartment of two rooms had just enough space for them.

The apartment seemed a little crowded once her father and brother arrived.

She had offered to get her younger brother a hotel room instead so that she could be in the same room as her baby while her parents shared a room, but he had declined.

Her brother, Samuel, was currently in his first year of high school, and while most teenagers his age were in their rebellious phase, he was a rather understanding young man because of his family background.

He knew that Shelly managed a cafe, but since it was opened under someone else's capital, she was under a lot of stress from bearing the living expenses of her mother and her newborn baby.© 2024 Nôv/el/Dram/a.Org.

Moreover, hotel prices increased toward the end of the year.

"Sis, I'll just sleep on the couch or on the floor." Samuel set his suitcase down and walked over to the crib to check on his niece.

"Samuel, I have money now." Shelly wanted her brother to enjoy a better life.

"You should save up for a house,

then! Do you plan to keep renting a place for the rest of your life?"

Samuel asked. "I'm not even eighteen yet, and you want me to live on my own at a hotel. Are you really not worried about my safety?"

Shelly was touched by his words. "k will work hard to buy my own place," she said. "I will buy a foldable bed! The Couch is too small for you to sleep comfortably in."

"I will come with you." Samuel was worried that Shelly would buy too much for her to carry alone.

"Sure. I need to buy formula as well." Audrey had been having a mild allergic reaction to her current formula, so Shelly intended to switch to a different brand. The two went out and headed to the biggest mall nearby.

It would be New Year's soon, and most people were out on holiday, so the streets were filled with people.

They first went to buy a new brand of formula before heading to the furniture store.

"Huh? I remember that this place used to be a furniture store!" Shelly stood in front of a florist and felt confused.

"Maybe you have the wrong floor number?" Samuel suggested. It was his first time visiting the area, so he did not know his way around.

"Forget it. Let's just buy some flowers!" Shelly went inside with her brother.

Two minutes later, Ivy and Robert entered the florist's as well.

Though Avery used to be responsible for buying plants for New Year's in the past, she needed to take care of the baby, so she had listed everything she needed and sent Ivy and Robert out on errands.