The caller said, "I'm Zachary's teacher.
School's over, but nobody's picked him up. I was wondering if something happened at home?"
Before I got divorced,
Jessica enthusiastically picked Zachary up
from school. But just after I divorced Steven, Jessica stopped caring about
Zachary!
I was shocked, but that family had nothing to do with me anymore. I wouldn't put myself
through the trouble.
"I'm Willow Huxham's mother, and I'm not l
related to Zachary. I think you called the
wrong person, ma'am," I said, chuckling
The teacher immediately said,
"I'm so sorry for disturbing you.!
"It's okay," I responded, and then I hung up on the call.
Just as I walked into the elevator, my phone
rang again. This time, Steven was calling.
I answered the call.
Steven said awkwardly, "Can I trouble you to pick Zachary up?"
As I gazed into my reflection in the elevator,
I remembered how I was all smiles just
moments ago. But now, my expression
was hard.
I said coldly, "No. You must've forgotten,
Mr. Pelham, but we're divorced. Please don't contact me if it's nothing important."
Steven said anxiously,
"I'm shopping with Jessica…"
"I'm not interested in your
your life. You don't have to tell me what you're doing. "I said.
"But Zachary is still at school, and nobody
can pick him up. I'm not free to pick him up
either. Annalise, I beg you… Steven hurriedly said, as it he feared that I would hang up on him.
"You don't have to beg me. I won't say yes,
anyway," I said, and then I hung up
up.Steven and his family were history to me. If there was anything worth
remembering, it would probably be the
unborn child. Aside from that, we became
strangers.
I found my way to the private room that Zane told me about. But to my surprise, the lights were off.
I wondered if they had not arrived.
Just as I was about to call Zane, the lights in
the room were suddenly switched on.
The room was decorated in a dreamy and
romantic theme. It was filled with beautiful
flowers, balloons that formed a heart shape, and a child's writing that said,
"Welcome, Mommy".
In the middle of the room was a cake
surrounded by roses. Willow was carrying a
large bouquet. When she saw me,
she jumped off the chair and waddled over to me.
The flowers were too heavy for Willow,
and she used up all her strength to carry the
bouquet to me, Yet, Willow smiled at me and said, I'm so happy that you're my Mommy!"
It was the first time in my life that I had ever
been valued so dearly. I squatted down and
solemnly received the flowers. Then, I gave Willow a tight squeeze.
"I'm honored to have such a great daughter
like you, too."
Willow carefully hugged me and said shyly,
"Mw.pur clothes.
they are matching!"
Upon hearing that, I ruffled Willow's hair and
said, "I matched it to your outfit today. Do you like it?"
Willow gazed at me with her twinkling eyes
and said, "I love it!"
"That's great."
Then, Willow said, "But we have to do the
next step now.'
I released Willow from my embrace, and she held my
hand as we walked toward the dining table.
The candle had been lit