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.

and she would never

her turn and leave without looking back, his thin face seemed to lose vigor. Although he was still young, his face had become lined like an old man's.

really never forgive

for the rest of his life. Never be able to

was the difference between living

more painful than

the light in his eyes flickered like a dying candle. In his chest,

hand and

of her, but it turned into a desert after she left.

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

the very beginning, it was he who

Ah, retribution.

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

been silent, said hoarsely,

stepped

room,

looking back said, "Mommy, I haven't said anything to Uncle Jack

she didn't want Beryl to know what he had

would hurt her

...

In Tyrone Mansion

she could sense an atmosphere of gloom and

echo from some battle which had taken place in her absence. "Where did you go today?" Emily heard Jacob

happy or angry from his handsome

nodded and took the child in her arms.

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

was going on with Jacob, so she gently kissed Beryl's head to comforted her, "Dear Beryl,

finally nodded tamely, "You'd better

only Jacob and Emily were

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