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“Yes,” Deborah said, carefully handing the baby to him
George smiled as he held the little girl in his arms.
At some point in his life, George had dreamed of having a beautiful daughter, but it never happened due to various circumstances. Now, holding this little one and seeing her smile felt like living a dream.
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“Come here, James,” Elliot said, taking James to put the siblings together and see how they interacted.
Deborah and Jayden stood up to watch the heartwarming scene.
“Look what I brought for Ellie,” announced Eric as he entered the room and pulled out a fabric headband with a large flower on it from a paper bag. He carefully placed it on Ellie’s head.
“The headband is bigger than she is,” Elliot joked as he looked at the baby
“My granddaughter looks beautiful,” Samantha said.
“Now I’m going to get upset,” Nicholas said as he arrived. “There’s a grandparent gathering and no one.
invited me?”
“Well, join us,” George suggested.
“And I brought something for my lovely Ellie too,” Nicholas said, taking out a light blue and white cotton dress from a paper bag.
“It’ll match her eyes,” George commented.
“You know, now that we have Ellie, I want to make some costume jewelry for little girls,” Elliot said
excitedly.
“Doesn’t that already exist? Eric asked, raising an eyebrow.
“Yes, but my idea is this,” Elliot said, pulling a necklace made of shiny plastic beads from his pocket.
“Oh…” James grabbed it and started playing with it.
“It’s polished hard plastic, making it look like crystal,” Elliot said proudly. “It’s one of my new business projects. We’re still talking about jewelry, but using different materials. We need to be realistic; I can’t rely solely on fine stones or precious metals. For jewelry, we can use quartz, polished stones, obsidian, plastic, glass… Actually, on one of my trips abroad, I saw jewelry made from seeds and even candy bracelets.”
“Wow, you’ve really done your research,” Deborah said, seeing Elliot’s enthusiasm.
“Well, I’ve been studying it because I want to pitch the dea to the board. In fact, I was thinking of asking if
I could use my niece and nephew as models for this new jewelry line,” he said, looking at Deborah.
“Of course, but I suggest you study your market a bit more. You need to be mindful of the size and durability of your product because…” Jayden was saying when James dropped the necklace and some of the plastic chipped a little. “I think your nephew just gave you some feedback.”
“Aww….James, that was my prototype number three,” Elliot said, grimacing as he put the necklace away and started playing with his nephew.
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“I think this is a life lesson,” Nicholas commented.
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“That’s right, don’t get discouraged,” Samantha said, encouraging the
young man,
Psst… come here, love.” Deborah heard Jayden say as he took her hand and gestured toward the garden.
She smiled, and they slipped out quietly, seeing that the older ones were absorbed in their conversation.
“Is something wrong?” she asked when they were outside.
“I just wanted to tell you that I love you,” Jayden said, looking into her eyes.
“Huh?”
“Deborah, I love you.”
“I love you too, Jayden.”
“You know, thank you so much for giving me this wonderful family,” he said, wrapping his arm around her waist and pulling her close.
“I think your thanks are misplaced.”
“What…” Jayden looked at her confused, but she held his face so they could look into each other’s eyes.
“I’m the one who should be thanking you for supporting me and showing me that I could and deserved to have a happy family, just like I always wanted.”
“Aww… honey.”
“Thank you for being the cheerful neighbor who always cared about me and encouraged me in tough
times.”
“And you know… I’d do it all over again if I could because you’re a valuable woman who deserved it,” he said, kissing her on the lips.
“Thank you, my love, for helping me take revenge on them.”
“Heh, well, it wasn’t exactly revenge, was it? You just sought justice against those who hurt you for so long.”
“Hm… and now we have a new challenge to face.”
“Oh yeah? What’s that challenge?”
“Raising our children.”
“Whew. now that I think about it, can’t we return them?” he asked, a playful tone in his voice.
“Nope, no returns on this merchandise,” Deborah laughed.
“Boo…” he complained, pressing his forehead against hers. “Well, then we’ll have to work hard.”
“That’s right, my love,” she said, kissing him again.
“Waaah!” They heard the siblings crying in unison.
“They’re calling us,” Deborah said, smiling as she intertwined her hand with her husband’s.
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It had been a long road to reach where she was now, but she was happy, surrounded by people who loved her. And yes… it was all thanks to her decision to change and seek vengeance on those who hurt her while working on building her own strength and courage to face them to achieve her happy ending.
And maybe her happiness wasn’t perfect because new challenges would always appear. But truth be told, that didn’t matter. Whatever problems came to their doorstep, she would overcome them with her husband and family.
Because now, she had chosen this happiness, and she would fight to maintain it, never allowing anyone to diminish or hurt her again.
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