A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Nobody noticed the unusual look on Sean's face, however, neither did anybody understand the kind of violent mood swings he was suffering from. Luckily, their time together at the table passed without any further incidents.

In the following days, Sean became more busy since he had to help Jacob regain his memories.

During that period, Emily didn't meet Jacob even once, as Sean said it would have an adverse effect on the treatment.

Time passed slowly and dreadfully for Beryl and Emily. It had been almost half a month since Jacob's treatment began.

Soon, the treatment reached its final stages, and Sean's workload seemed to have reduced in time. But even so, neither Emily nor Beryl were allowed to see Jacob.

"You have been waiting for half a month. Can't you wait for a few more days? Take it easy. This is the last stage. He will regain his memories of the past soon. The best thing you can do for him now is to wait patiently and let him complete the treatment."

Sean urged them to hold on for just a few more days.

As intolerable as it was for Emily and Beryl, they both kept faith with Sean. Why wouldn't they believe the man standing in front of them? After all, he was closer to them than their own families ever were. As far as they knew, they had every reason to believe what he was saying.

Having swayed both Emily and Beryl, Sean's lips stretched into a smile, almost reaching his dark eyes. "Sorry to keep you waiting for such a long time. You must be exhausted. Let me take you out to get some fresh air. A change of scenery would do us all some good."

Emily would have refused Sean, but she felt bad about the fact that lately he hadn't been able to do anything else because of Jacob's treatment. She felt like she owed him so she gave him a nod in response.

Since there wasn't much she could do to help, to show her gratitude, she compensated him by agreeing to go out with him.

Needless to say, Beryl was the happiest to hear his proposition. However, the thought of her father not being there with her to have a good time left a huge hole in her heart.

Beryl was still too young to hide her emotions, which was clearly visible on her face. When Sean noticed her disappointment, his eyes twitched involuntarily.

"Beryl, aren't you happy that I will be going with you?" asked Sean, seemingly disappointed.

"Yeah, I am happy!" She nodded seriously. "If only daddy could come with us!"

mildly at her small face and said,

say something, Beryl shook her head firmly and said, "Daddy is

Beryl." Sean's smile died faster than wisps

treated her and looked after her since she was still in her mother's womb.

she was now. He may not have been her real father, but

father to her when she needed him. There had been multiple times in the past when she even mistakenly called him "Daddy".

had been there for her for more than four years, he still couldn't hold a candle to Jacob, whom she had known for only

bond between a father and his

however, looking at him from the side, couldn't figure out what he had meant

at her and said, "If you need to prepare something, just go ahead. I

him her word, and she intended to keep it.

...

he and Emily used to go for walks when she was living in D Country. It may not have been what they had expected, but the place

the past. Long forgotten memories awakened, echoed through his mind anew. "Years ago, when you were pregnant with Beryl, you often enjoyed coming here to

think so." Emily also thought back to that period of time years ago, reliving the

loved Jacob very much she still had to separate from him. Not a single day

despair of Jacob's death, all the pain she had been

Jacob was as anguished and desperate as

lowered his head

Emily

Sean pupils contracted

as if carefully recalling what had happened in those days. "I didn't know you would take me away

to stop

because of me. That's not

was just an accident," Sean

raised her head and looked directly into his eyes. "No, it wasn't an accident. You had everything planned. Even the plane crash. Are you surprised? Do you know that even after so many years I still haven't forgotten about it. It has been preying on my conscience the whole time." The anguish surged up and

that the plane crashed because it was deliberately manipulated for her?