A Cue For Happiness

Calling Mommy

then, they were well aware that she was the daughter of the Nichols family, Yara.Sophia had never uttered a word to her mother, so why was she addressing a total stranger as her mommy?Like his brother, Samuel was also puzzled. “Tell me about that woman,” he said as he narrowed his eyes.“I wouldn’t say that she’s ugly. But she had freckles all over her face and was ordinary-looking,” Steven replied as he tried his best to recall her appearance. “Her facial features were very plain. There wasn’t anything distinctive about them.”“I wasn’t asking about her looks, Steven.”Steven was rendered speechless.Samuel then added solemnly, “Since you know the woman is special to Sophia, Steven, why didn’t you send someone to look into her background?”He had a gut feeling that this ordinary-looking woman would be the key to curing Sophia’s aphasia.Steven slapped his thigh as soon as he heard his brother’s words.“Dang it. How could I forget such an important matter? I’ll do it right away.”In a bedroom on the second floor, Franklin Bowers was sharpening some colored pencils for Sophia.Due to his status as the eldest grandchild of the Bowers family, he was placed on a higher pedestal compared to his sister. However, this was just an act for outsiders, as he was the perfect embodiment of an overprotective brother.Taking the colored pencil from Franklin, Sophia drew a woman on the drawing paper.The woman was slim, with a flat nose bridge, thick lips, and a face dotted with freckles. Oddly enough, the little girl was grinning the entire time she was drawing.That was not all. She even drew yellow lines around the woman to signify light.Sophia finished the drawing with a word scribbled on top of the woman’s head that said: Mommy.“Mommy?” Franklin’s eyes were clouded with confusion.His sister beamed as she nodded.“Are you drawing the woman Daddy told us about?” Despite his question, he was still skeptical as she did not look anything like their mother.Although the twins disliked Yara, they could not deny that she had a pretty face without any blemishes.Sophia’s smile vanished at the