ars la

A

ared at the busy activities that we

e at the airport; laughter and crying were heard, flowers and gif

friends, no relatives, - not a singl

stay next t

clearly excited to be ba

them carry their bags. She had no plans of comi

s a whole different person than

we going t

always curious and filled with questions, and she knew that wasn't the only thing she

going to s

ps for the past two years, and every time Hazel

for a while before doing

at wasn't enough to keep her totally quiet, but at l

ur destinat

destination. The truth was, she didn't even know where th

fortable hotel. I need s

she had ended up in the arms of a stranger. Hope

o leave r

ds, clearly annoyed that h

ought the meeting was by 6pm? I

his hands reaching for his wat

ou know how much my f

e? Can't he just give you the details over text or mail?" She pouted her l

already dressed and ready to leave, "I sent you some

'call' girl, someone who was only there to warm his bed. She kept hoping he

itting her teeth, "I just want us to be in a

table, "I'm not ready for a relationshi

was already tired of hearing, "You don't even know who she is or if

. She was right about one thing,- she was gone. But, he ne

He said with his tone soun

rew the words slowly, the name

hotel she had given herself to a stranger only to

she wa

this the

going through her mind, "This is one of the best and mo

in her head. Was she overthinking? Or was her mind te

en six

made. She had gotten back every single penny she lost and still hasn't forgotten about Zay

, I'm

ep all through the drive and had only wo

We'll get food once

l no

o go just because of a silly overthinking in her brain. She ha

hia announced while taking a seat at th

xchanged looks, with

re?" She scoffed, shifting in her c

her shudder slightly and keeping her

late," Leonard uttered with a hint of dis

g his time, honey. T

he little gathering with his father in the midst. Reluctantly, he

voice was stern and harsh,

meeting and th

completely. Xander forced his words down his throat, try

m with a smile, her hands reaching to his fo

another forced

ayne. My eldest daughter has been out of the co

t she was saying. Kimberly shot him a smil

y one we're waiting

e in, the sole of her heels making ta

to believe she was finally seeing her daugh

ips, slowly taking off her jacket

op staring. The Brooklyn standing in front of them wa

watched keenly, his eyes never leavin

that had gotten darker.,, she hadn't changed at all

. It's so nice t

es darting directly to the v

amiliarity... the

d returned, and was star

nd unable to hold her anymore... it was happening...

um

obody saw the little girl she had walked in with.

e, her mouth refusing to close. All eyes turned to little Hazel

your da

ou mar

ather her

uestions and eagerly waiting to know wha

disrupted while pulling out a chair for her and Hazel to sit, unluckily for her t

said

, and Brooklyn knew they were all trying to p

inning at the little girl, "Hazel, was it

ot to pass out or make a wrong move, gave her daughter a nod to go ahead, earni

it. The tension in the room was palpable an

ifficult thing to do at the moment. She felt a surge of adrenaline when his hands mistakenly touch

heart thumping with a mixture of

t she was still alive after disappearing into thin air, and

on grew withi

ther of her daughter? Who was the man who had a

e past six years, forcing herself to move on. But here she was, sitting right next to him and wit

Leonard finally spoke up after the drama had died down a little and aft

ding Hazel who was sitting on her la

trying to process the news, she broke the one that tore their

's glass fell off his hands, crashing into the ground. Kimberly? She still had her

who had no idea what was going on. After years of dreaming, Hazel meets with her

ng a stepsister to the father of your child. Brooklyn felt like puking

tting married? Becoming step-siblings? After years of waiting to be

nfirmed, "So you mean, we're a

is why we've called you all here

es for the first time in six years, and s

e relationship between them was more than an

ed between them and the result of th