A Call That Changed Her Entire Life

Emily thought about her stillborn child, and she still couldn't help being sad. With tears welling in her eyes she spoke, "If you have forgotten, I can remind you of everything that you did to hurt Jacob and me... Speaking of being sorry, you should feel sorry for everything."

Jack's face turned gray. Every word she said stabbed him in the heart like an ice-pick. Then he closed his eyes in disappointment. He was afraid to look at the expression on her face.

It was true that he had brought all these troubles on himself.

This was retribution for all of the bad things which he had done.

He had no right to blame others.

"I'm sorry, Emily."

"You don't have to tell me you're sorry." She realized her gaffe and wiped away her tears, "You lost the use of your legs because of Beryl. You saved her. I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for that. I will do my best to make it up to you."

She knew that it was a great blow to him to be paralyzed. But she had suffered no less than he had.

Who should be the one to blame? It was hard to say.

"You can contact me after you make up your mind." She wrote down her contact information on a nearby notepad, then she set it down on the desk.

However, he grabbed her hands suddenly and held on so tightly with an expression of panic on his face, "Emily, please don't go. Please listen to me... I don't want any compensation. I just want..."

She struggled to pull away his hands, "What do you want?"

He looked at her intensely, with eyes full of guilt and regret, and unspeakable sadness. When he spoke, he enunciated every syllable with great difficulty, "I just want your forgiveness..."

Her eyes met his unflinchingly, and after a moment she released her fingers one by one before replying firmly, "That's impossible."

She was obliged to thank him and compensate him for Beryl. But she would never forgive what he had done.

Those were injuries so grave as to be carved into her very bones. When she had thought that Jacob had died it was as if she had wanted to die also.

That was the most desperate moment in her life.

And the second child she lost.

saint, and she would never forgive Jack

thin face seemed to lose vigor. Although

really never

live in sorrow for the rest of his life. Never be able to earn redemption.

between living this way and being

be more painful than death.

his eyes flickered like a dying candle.

his hand and slowly covered his

lush grass because of her, but it turned into a desert after she left. So did

a fire in his heart. From now on the seeds of love would never more flower there.

he who

Ah, retribution.

in a black suit suddenly barred her way, stopping her from leaving. Still

had been silent, said

stepped aside, "Miss

from the waiting room, she left the hospital

hesitated though and looking back said, "Mommy,

for she didn't want Beryl to know what he had said. He had said those words

would hurt her little heart.

...

In Tyrone Mansion

the door, she could sense an atmosphere of gloom and depression.

"Where did you go today?" Emily heard

was happy or angry from his handsome face. Revealing nothing, he asked the baby-sitter, "Take Beryl

took the child in

Beryl squirmed restlessly in her arms and showed some reluctance to comply. "No. I don't want to

going on with Jacob, so she gently kissed Beryl's

tamely, "You'd better hurry

Emily were left

was sitting, he was still superior over everyone and he was now looking down on the woman in front of him, "Emily, I ask you