Sylvia was both surprised and impressed by Eric's inner strength. She hadn't expected him to move on so quickly.

Eric declared, "I've thought about it. I can accept Grace Montgomerys as my mother, but the condition is that I stay in Salt City. Otherwise, I can't agree."

Sylvia nodded in agreement, sharing Eric's viewpoint. Grace was his biological mother, but the ones who had raised him were his true parents. The debt of raising a child was something a child could never fully repay.

If Grace