An elderly person's tears can easily soften one's heart.

But kindness here would be like sugar-coated poison - once swallowed, there'd be no turning back.

"I may not remember much from when I was five, but I vaguely recall that fever. It happened because Richard and his wife were fighting and left me in the snow."

Everyone in the room froze.

"I was left freezing for half the night, nearly died there. Isn't that right, Grandma?"

Grandma Fionna shook ...