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.

"Let's leave that one for now. Why don't we get

rides and games, Daisy forgot all about the

a dress for Daisy-a lovely princess gown with a matching tiara tucked

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

Daisy is going to be the prettiest princess in the whole park,"

beamed at her reflection, her face glowing with

quite like having a

the

Daisy out, Timothy's brow furrowed as he took in Daisy's transformation. He'd never really noticed before, but now,

It was...dangerous.

between Daisy and Jessica. The thought had stuck with Vince, and now,

no one

piped up, "Goddess, do you need a daughter? If you're short one, we can just drop the 'god'

badly. Last night, snuggled up with Jessica, listening to a bedtime story, she'd

the Zimmerman family. If you moved to the Lawsons, your

they wanted a daughter, they'd

"Don't worry about that, Timothy. If Jessy wants it,

"Godmom has to travel abroad soon. Once

disappoint Daisy, but her own life was in too much upheaval right now

nodded. "Okay. I'll wait for your

then, Mabel called

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

famous for those, and I've been craving them. Let's