Let's Get Married

As Lily crouches down to hold him, Adair jumps into her arms. If it wasn’t for Rex, she would have fallen onto the ground.

Adair has never been a child who cries, but now he can’t help but sob in her arms. “Mom, I missed you so much.”

His soft voice filled with fear and grief is like a dagger through Lily’s heart. She raises her hand to dry his tears, “Don’t cry. Don’t cry, mom is here to pick you up.”

Adair isn’t a child who makes trouble, and soon he stops crying. When he raises his hand and touches his little face, Lily notices a band aid on his thumb.

“What happened? Did you get hurt?” she asks as she clutches his hand tenderly.

Hearing this, Rex frowns and leans over. But this time, Adair, who has never shown guard against him, shuns his touch and hides himself in Lily’s arms. “Father’s Grandmother and Grandfather pricked it.” He says in a low voice.

Lily’s tenderness caused by seeing her child becomes harder again upon hearing the sentence. Her eyes are red and she blows on his finger. “Mom is here. Don’t be afraid.”

Adair doesn’t want her to worry, and cleverly shakes his head. “Mom, I’m okay.”

Lily stands up and holds her child against her. She doesn’t want to get entangled with Rex’s family, but what she’d just seen and heard is as if a bucket of gasoline that has been poured over her, setting everything on fire.

She isn’t an uneducated person, but now it is obvious that all reason has evaded her. “Who pricked him?”

Listening to her, the old couple looks at each other. Deep in their eyes one can see the presence of a guilty conscience and a lack of confidence. After two seconds of silence, Rex’s grandfather coughs, “It was done by a family doctor. When the child was brought here, we had to confirm it.”

answer isn’t what Lily

Doctor, confirm, pricking

one can see what is going one once you put these words together. It is a paternity test. They were not sure if the child is Rex’ or not. So

her strength so she doesn’t hurt her child. “You…did it in front of the child?” she asks, suddenly feeling flustered, fearing that Adair will now know who his father is without any

have outsiders claim that they’ve given birth to a child of our family. But if he’s really our offspring, then we will

the child is indeed yours and Rex’. Afterwards he’s our

the patriarch of Rex’s Family, who is also a

through those relationships and feelings in front

down at Adair, who is also looking up at her. Their eyes meet in the

is an expression she’d never before seen in Adair’s eyes. The eyes that are always bright and optimistic are now filled with cowardice. All of these are

Lily cannot suppress her temper. In

have and will never entrust him to others, nor do I want to claim ties of kinship with anyone. I’m afraid you are misunderstanding things. I don’t intent to let my child recognize you as his families. Not now, and not in the future. Adair is my child. You don’t have permission to decide such things and even if you want to do anything, you’ll have to get my consent and permission.” She says

grandfather says angrily. “You

has been silently standing behind him, suddenly

man sitting on the sofa. “This is my business with Lily. You don’t have to worry about it. Adair is only four years

you, you speak for her”. Rex’s grandfather says as he stands up and holds the sofa with his right hand. One can see that his body isn’t as strong as

with him, not when he has hurt

has nothing to do with your family. You can rest assured that you won’t have to worry about his identity.” Lily says before taking a deep breath. This is the last thing she wants her child to witness, but it has happened already, and since that is the case, she will leave room for them. “Five years ago, I chose to leave. I thought I was wrong and I came back, but now it seems that coming back was