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.

she would never forgive

leave without looking back, his thin face seemed to lose vigor. Although he was still young, his face had become lined

really never

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

difference between living this way

would be more painful than death.

back, and the light in his eyes flickered

his hand and slowly

flowers and lush grass because of her, but it

From now on the seeds of

beginning, it was he

Ah, retribution.

she reached the door, a bodyguard in a black suit suddenly barred her way, stopping her from leaving. Still

silent, said hoarsely, "Let her

stepped aside, "Miss Emily,

the waiting room,

daughter hesitated though and looking back said, "Mommy, I

she didn't want Beryl to know what he

her little heart.

...

In Tyrone Mansion

entered the door, she could sense an

air seemed to echo from some battle which had taken place in her absence. "Where did you go today?" Emily heard Jacob asked flatly, so she answered, "I went

nodded. It couldn't be said whether he was happy or angry from

and took the

to comply. "No. I don't want

with Jacob, so she gently kissed Beryl's

finally nodded tamely, "You'd better hurry

were left in the living-room.

looking down on the woman in front of him, "Emily, I ask you for the last time. Where did