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 her own incompetency.

instead of getting angry at Emily, Beryl comforted her. She reached out her tiny hands and touched her

"What would that be?"

dad!" Beryl let her face flood with a smile and

heart melted, as if he had never been so happy in his life. "Yes,"

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

could not

But it was supposed to be a heart-warming word for couples that had

of uneasiness, but she did

in." Jacob released her hand, and asked the

him with astonishment and asked, "What are you doing? Are you

Beryl." Jacob gave her a tender smile and gazed at her with his soulful eyes, "Well, do you

not

exactly what

"..."

'What am I doing?

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

with Beryl, "Yes, don't you want to

"No daddy,

me." Jacob looked at Beryl affectionately, his eyes overflowing with love for her. He would have given her anything she had asked

wanna go to the beach with mommy and daddy! I've heard that the ocean is blue and the sand is golden, but I've never seen it with my own eyes," said Beryl, under her breath. She sounded

on his daughter's face, Jacob quickly added, "Sure, we

not be exposed to the

I will be careful," Beryl looked at her mother

of her life

have the heart

over Beryl's face. Jacob picked Beryl up in his arms and whispered something