Sam raised her hand, "I am the second one!"
Janie said, "Then who should we choose? I donât remember you being close with any men who could make Abel jealous!"
Emmeline smiled smugly and said, "My interpersonal relationship was so simple; you guys canât do anything to me now!"
Doris said, "How about this? We randomly choose someone from your contacts."
Sam clapped her hand and said, "Thatâs a good idea! I agree."
"Me too." Janie nodded.
"Heh, I didnât know you guys would come up with this idea! It seems that I canât run away from this."
Doris pointed at herself proudly and said, "Thatâs right! I did a good job!"
"Just tell me what to do! I am not running away." Emmeline said.
"Letâs see. How about the person whoâs number seventeen in Emma's contact list?"
Sam said, "Great idea! Ms. Louise will send âI miss youâ to this ânumber seventeen guyâ, even if this is a delivery man!"
"Oh no! I donât have any delivery men in my contacts!" Emmeline said.
Doris laughed and said, "Stop acting foolish. Letâs see who is number seventeen on your list!"
Emmeline went through her contacts and said, "No matter who it is! I accept the challenge!"
"Eleven, twelve, thirteen..." "Fifteen, sixteen, seventeen. Here we go!"
"Father Maxwell Louise?" Sam, Doris, and Janie shouted.
Emmeline lost her words. Looking at this contact, sadness hit her suddenly. Father? He never cared about me. I am nothing in his eyes. Itâs been a long time, and I still canât help but feel bitter.
Doris had no idea what had happened between them. "Emma, thatâs quite a good choice. We rarely get any chance to say, âI miss you," to our parents." Janie and Sam looked at each other helplessly; they knew Maxwell had not treated Emmeline like a daughter in the past.
Emmeline sniffed, but she still agreed to send the message âI miss youâ to her father. "I will do it now!"
She thought to herself, What would he do when he received this message? I bet he would just ignore it, thinking I had made a mistake sending this to him. Doris, Janie, and Sam all got replies; if I donât, I canât help but feel devastated. Not to mention that he is my father; he should be my closest someone in the world, isnât it?
Emmeline tried to change the subject: "Letâs not waste any time; dig in, please!"
Sam comforted Emmeline and said, "Ms. Louise, I think your father figure should be Master Adelmar.
You have mentioned to me before that you wouldnât be you now without Master Adelmar! He saved your life and the tripletsâ; you should look up to Master Adelmar instead of your father."
Emmeline almost shed her tears, but her phone rang before she could say anything. No way! Would Maxwell call me? She quickly picked up the phone and was shocked to find out that it was Ethan.
"Hello, Ethan?"
Ethan asked, "Emma, is everything alright?"
Emmeline tried to hold back her tears. "Why do you ask so?"
Ethan replied, "It's my father. He said he received a message from you, but Mrs. Lane is by his side. He didn't want any trouble, so he wanted me to check on you."
Emmeline had mixed feelings about her father. He didnât forget about his daughter; he just couldn't make time for her. Should I be grateful? At least he got Ethan to check on me. I am doing fine, but somehow I miss my father. "Everything's alright here. Thanks for asking, brother. I had sent the message to the wrong number; itâs not meant for him."