Evelyn and Sheffield were an official couple again. She would make sure that Carlos would stay out of it.

“A date? She's still a kid, and a student at that. She should stay at home watching TV. Or read a book. What's wrong with that?" Carlos disagreed. In his eyes, Terilynn was only 24 years old, she should focus on her studies.

“A kid?' Debbie rolled her eyes and snapped, “Want her to wait until she's Evelyn's age, and still unmarried?"

"So what? I'm glad my daughters can stay with me for thirty years!" It would be fine with him if Terilynn never got married. He would support her all her life.

After exchanging a look with Debbie, Miranda said, “Honestly, Son, you're impossible. If Terilynn Likes somebody, you can't butt in Like you did to Evelyn. Evelyn has been devoted to you since she was a child. She'd do anything to make you happy. She's also the most level-headed of your kids. You should have trusted she'd do the right thing. Terilynn is different. You push her too hard, she'll run away from home. I can see that in her."

Terilynn was much more upbeat than Evelyn, and had a wild side. She also inherited her dad's keen mind. If she didn't want to be found after she ran away, even Carlos couldn't find her.

“Run away from home?' Carlos thought about what Miranda said, and agreed with her. He made a concession to her.

“As long as the guy she's sweet on is not Tayson, she has my blessing."

It was not that Carlos had a problem with Tayson, but that he knew

Tayson wasn't interested in her. If Terilynn was ever to get married, she had to marry a man who Loved her.

"I don't think it's Tayson. He's getting married after the New Year.

Terilynn knew it. She hasn't talked to him for a Long time." Debbie had talked to Tayson about Terilynn. He was the one that told her.

Among the three kids of the Hilton family, Matthew worried the elders the least. They wondered what kind of girl Matthew would marry.

“Huh. Well, that's for the best." Carlos believed Terilynn's relationship would be less troublesome than Evelyn's.

The kids didn't know the three elders were talking about them. Terilynn was upstairs, blissfully ignorant of what was going on a floor below her. She sent a message to Joshua.

"What's your New Year wish?"

Joshua replied very quickly, "I want a girlfriend.”

“That's all?"

“That's all.”

Terilynn giggled.

"That's an easy one. But I think Joshua has to have a girl in mind to make that wish come true. I don't believe it."

“Maybe I do."

"What kind of girl do you Like?"

Joshua stood in front of the window of a hotel. Behind him, his friends were eating and drinking at a table. He replied, "Someone full of life, bright, happy, someone who has a warm heart..."

And then he added a few words silently, in his heart-"Someone Like you.”