Goodbye, Mr. Regret

Daisy tore open the first gift bag, her eyes going wide with excitement. "Wow, it's a platinum gift card for Wonderland Park!"

Jessica knew Timothy had arranged this for Daisy.

Clutching the card, Daisy grinned and announced, "Godmom, Santa Claus is so good to me! I get to go to the amusement park today!"

She reached for the second bag. "Goddess, this one's for you to open."

Jessica untied the ribbon and peeked inside. It was the Royal Pearl Necklace- Timothy's birthday gift to her, the one that had been broken when Sheila dropped

it.

But now, it looked different.

Ten of the pearls had been set with delicate emeralds, arranged from smallest to largest, giving the necklace a modern, elegant flair.

Jessica realized Timothy must have had the damaged pearls repaired after the accident at the hospital. This necklace had belonged to his mother—a family heirloom-and yet, he insisted on giving it to her again.

"Godmom, Santa really knows how to pick gifts. That necklace is so beautiful," Daisy said with awe.

If it had been anything else, Jessica might have accepted it without a second thought. But this necklace was different; it was his mother's. Accepting it would mean something more.

"It is beautiful," she agreed softly.

But she didn't want it—not like this. So Jessica carefully placed the necklace back in its bag and set it on her vanity.

"There's one last bag," Daisy chirped.

for now. Why don't we get

and games, Daisy forgot all about

for Daisy-a lovely

finishing the look with a touch of her own lipstick-a tiny beauty

is going to be the prettiest princess

her reflection,

quite like having

Vince and Timothy were in the living room, eyeing each other

in Daisy's transformation. He'd never really noticed before, but now, looking closely, he realized just how much

It was...dangerous.

a comment on Vince's social media, noting the likeness between Daisy and Jessica. The thought had stuck

no one said otherwise, people would think you two are actually

daughter? If you're short one, we can just drop the 'god' part and I'll be your

snuggled up with Jessica, listening to a bedtime story, she'd felt almost like she had her mother back a soft, sweet

"Daisy, you're part of the Zimmerman family. If you moved to the Lawsons, your

a daughter, they'd

"Don't worry about that, Timothy. If Jessy wants it, I'm sure my grandfather would be all for

abroad soon. Once everything's settled and I'm stable, I'll give you an

want to disappoint Daisy, but her own life was in

"Okay. I'll

Mabel called them

and invited Vince to join them. But Jessica smiled and said, "Vince, there's a great breakfast place called

love their crystal rolls. They're famous