At the time of the evening, her Uncle Raymond visited there along with his wife Aurelia and daughter Ruth. Her cousin Ruth was the sweetest soul she had met, who had only turned seven this summer. There were times when she wished she could have Ruth as a sister instead of Nora only to scold herself for thinking that way. She also wished that she could have a better, healthier relationship with her sister. Even if they weren't blood-related, they were her first family and she wanted it to work out. Nora had her good points even though they were only a few but it still counted. For instance, her sister had helped her while cooking in the kitchen and had now taken up the initiative to get the food from the kitchen to the dining table, her aunt took the opportunity to speak to her leisurely.
"How have you been? I am dejected that you rarely write to me, especially after...your mother passed away," aunt Aurelia asked, looking at Heidi sort out the vegetables on a platter.
