She Is Your Daughter
nto a fight with
d to find that the boy's parent representa
hough she is so young," my ex-boyfriend
nd blurted out, "She i
bfounded b
er very first day at school, I was called to the school because sh
orehead and h
ere always considerate. But
ight in the teacher's office. He said in a loud voice, "
f my own unreasonable an
you're
d saw me and
inded myself a hundred times that she was my
e, I noticed a man sta
dered, with a buzz cut and a perfectly tail
ing familiar
d was about to speak whe
, he flashed a
time n
see my ex-boyfrie
y's parent re
ll on it and instinctivel
y neck, as I didn't want
and I became anx
ver imagined we'd meet again,
and said slowly, "Sorry, my girl was na
and tried to sound fr
go after I said that. At least he wo
sonality" remained unchanged aft
ifty thousa
iled
I couldn't help but
antino, you're ask
n the table and then lazily look
. What if it leaves a sca
the little boy in his arms,
not yo
visibly darkened afte
. Instead, he turned his gaz
and feared that he might realiz
ause, he looke
ied and even give
anted to sever ties with him nervous
en married fo
rt in my arms said quickly, "Mommy, why did you lie? You're not
or words at
that his dad ran of
I never imagined I'd be trapped
et Santino's gaze, I could
n he looked at me. He sai
ent and was about to
I'm
the verge
seemingly mocked himself and sneered, "Paige Francis, so you're saying that while we
said nothing. I knew he hated
had planned to get married on our third
nd that I dated him just because I wanted to a
then and planned to spend every da
re, holding a bouquet of ninety-nine roses-my favorite. The oppressiv
y with indifference, and tossed t
abeled me as a heartless woman
would meet again after our breakup,
uel joke on us, or our tangle
eep breath and said, "I don't have
and fifty thousand dollars
said, "So, your true love can't e
as ever, whether seven years ago when w
ting me off easily, even t
that my nephew's face has been scratched by your daughter, it
d the saying, "Shameles
that way, I coul
ed with each other. Remember when I scratched your face
in his chair with his arm
ur daughter. She is as g
I saw him tease me. But I failed.
ly as soon as my words fell.
I realize I
I have trapped
I do to co
. Let me explain... I meant her
ng expression, I quickly
nt. I mean, her temper is indeed
ghtly narrowed eyes,
eak again, he cut me off.
put on a pitiful act in front of him as I r
uldn't take it anymore. He frowned and interrupted
.
lone must cost more than forty thousand dollars. I could
ed the boy, I had no reason
was about to leave,
u pull a disappearing act again, w
uriating that I almos
ded away when I saw his W
kept the profile picture I chose
ression when he first saw it, and now, t
surface of water distu
verthink it. I didn't use social media much while abroad.
I was holding my daughter and force
It was time
he bus stop outside the school with my da
Rolls-Royce stopped in fron
Santino's familiar and han
out why he parke
d my unspoken question. "Ho
If not for this chance encounter, I
y head to
n lazily lying in my arms, straig
e. Come on, Momm
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