A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Jennifer was left in an extremely awkward position. Sporting a counterfeit smile, she hoped that the awkwardness that bathed the moment would be transient, before she walked away utterly embarrassed.

While, Emily and Jacob stood in the doorway. They remained silent, but the moment their eyes met, they knew that they were still deeply attached to each other.

"Mommy! Who is it?" A child's brisk voice broke the silence. It was Beryl, she clung to her mother and looked outside the door. "Uncle Jacob! Are you here to see me?" Beryl jumped with excitement.

Jacob stared at her with loving eyes, before he bent down and picked her up in his arms, "Yeah! Did you miss uncle Jacob?"

"Yes!" Beryl leaned her head against his chest and answered in an infantile voice.

Emily's heart melted at the sight of such an endearing scene. "Beryl," she called out gently.

Beryl turned around to face her mother with a pair of innocent, twinkling eyes and said, "Mommy?"

Emily was hesitant and doubtful. She weighed the pros and cons in her mind incessantly, but still couldn't decide whether to tell Beryl the truth about her father or not. Finally, she decided to take a leap of faith, "Beryl, he is... He is your real father."

Stunned, Jacob felt like he just got hit by a lightning. The sparks in his brain, desperately tried to connect the dots and instead just caused a short circuit.

'She admitted it!

I am Beryl's biological father! She admitted it!'

Beryl, however, didn't seem as shocked as Emily had expected. Instead, she casually laughed and brushed it off, "I already knew that he is my dad. Didn't you know that, mommy? Ha-ha, mommy you've been such a fool."

Emily had a strange feeling in her gut, but she couldn't put a finger on it. She wanted to keep the secret to herself, but Beryl was sensitive enough to detect her sadness. A small, charming smile broke out of Emily's lips, and she squeezed Beryl's cheeks playfully, "Young lady, you should never talk to your dearest mommy like that."

Jacob held Emily's hand, and almost immediately she could feel the heat rising in her cheeks, but she didn't draw her hand back. "It's Beryl's birthday today," said Jacob.

His words took Emily by surprise. A lot had happened over the past few days, and while Emily was busy dealing with her chaotic life, she completely forgot that it was her daughter's birthday.

"Sorry baby..."

disappointed at

reached out her tiny hands and touched her mother's face. "You've

"What would that be?"

dad!" Beryl let her face flood with a smile

"Daddy" came out from Beryl's mouth, Jacob's heart melted, as if he had never been so

needed a father figure in her life and Emily did not have the heart to take that away from her. After all, they were

not help himself teasing her.

supposed to be a heart-warming word for

of uneasiness, but she did not voice her discomfort.

hand, and asked the maidservant to bring some boxes

asked, "What

and gazed at her with his soulful eyes, "Well, do you want me to move in and live

did not mean

that's exactly

"..."

words back, 'What

too happy to see the gifts. She asked, "Daddy, are these

was patient with Beryl, "Yes, don't you want

refusal, "No daddy, I do not

ahead, tell me." Jacob looked at Beryl affectionately, his eyes overflowing with love for

ocean is blue and the sand is golden, but I've never seen

daughter's face, Jacob quickly added, "Sure,

"Beryl can not be exposed to the sun, the

mommy, I will be careful," Beryl looked at her mother ruefully and continued, "I

of her life indoors. She needs

with much expectation. Emily did not have the heart to disappoint them, but she could not just say yes

Beryl's face. Jacob picked Beryl up in his arms and whispered something in her ears. Before