kled. "Nobody, Sir.

was surprised that the

posal? A four-year-old girl? Not an

ps. "Yes, Sir. Is it

to your mind?" Lo

Grace Evans spread, Mommy had been a bit gloomy. I thought it broke her heart. But Mommy deserves to be ha

brain was busy processing. "Who is

o Mommy is? People say I look exactly like her. You should

age of Sky Hills, his old

r face was adorable. She also liked to carry a backpack decora

t to repeat the pain of the past. The toddler's

our name?

ed her neck, and answer

the summer?" Louis

she said, I came to bring warmth into this world," she said

ld are

and folded her tiny t

do yo

d I love to travel all over the worl

his city? I'm going to call the police to pic

fully. "We don't have a house here. Actuall

in confusion. "Where do y

yet. I just arrived. From the airport, I rushed to the restau

ool me? You're not even five yet. Who would beli

. With a blank face, she pulled out a p

own bank account and my own phone now. Booking a plane ticket and flying alone is a p

moment. But then, his laugh

ur trick. There's no way s

down from the couch. She reached for her back

was full of pictures, writing, and scribbles. Again,

ur proposal. Mommy seemed a bit down, so I decided to thwart it. I r

ummer stopped talking. "How did

told Mommy

t. His eyes trembled fa

s us everything. When she went on her honeymoon with U

t struck his heart was too powerful. "You ... ar

I'm Sky's daughter. Finally, you rememb

ing for clues, but he found none. Unable to contain his

you want to tell me that Grac

that Sky had a child?" Louis

ame quiet. Even Summer was

? Answ

you refused to listen. You said she wasn't your best friend anymore

rol his emotions. He sighed, "Her daughter is with me. She

d his teeth. His emotions

to marry her mother and become her father. She ruined everything I had planned, Em. The

held her breath. Her cheeks puff

d react. She hoped her mother would not faint when sh