Be Your Lover Forever (Alicia)

"Uncle Daddy, someone bullied me..."

Yvette threw herself into Elijah's arms and bawled as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"A big bird ate Dree. Bree's gone. Boohoo... Someone bullied me. Uncle Daddy, Daddy, beat him. Ask him to give me Bree back. Give me back..."

Standing back up, Willy was stumped when he turned his gaze over to his side. Elijah?

This little girl couldn't be Lauren's child, could she?!

Just as the exciting thought came to him, a wet blanket doused his inchoate enthusiasm as he heard the little girl call Elijah 'Daddy'! He had wanted to ask, but his suspicion was dispelled right then, giving up asking as he nearly instantly concluded she was his illegitimate child of sorts!

Only then did he recall seeing him holding a little girl in his arms during a car exhibition. He said she was the child of a relative. Could it be this little one? She was already so big?

No wonder he thought she looked familiar. So he had seen her before!

Willy walked over.

Holding Yvette in his arms, Elijah coaxed her with rare patience, "Okay, okay, Yvette, good girl, don't cry. I'll teach him a lesson for you and find you another Bree..."

"No more Bree. No more. Wah..."

After giving Willy two feigned punches, Elijah asked, "What are you doing here?"

With that, Willy briefly told him the situation. "I didn't know she's yours. But it's quite dangerous for a little girl to be carrying a snake around!"

"Yeah! Tell me about it! But maybe she was born with an affinity to cold things. She found an egg out of nowhere, and it hatched into a snake. She grew up with it and always treated it like a treasure! No wonder she's distraught! This little one is really mischievous; she'll scare you with the snake when she's upset. Good that it's been gotten rid of! Me and... her mom really don't know what to do with her!"

didn't forget to swing and coax Yvette while he was

a birthday cake later. We'll get your favorite strawberry princess Barbie; how does that

finally parted after chatting

light, and she brought it upstairs. "Yvette, it's Mommy. I bought you your favorite Q yogurt drink. There are red and yellow and many

knob before slowly pushing it open.

upset! This girl can really be a stubborn one when she gets mad!" she mused. Walking

drink out, poked a straw through it, and deliberately

looked out only for their eyes to meet, and the little one

Smiling, Lauren kneeled again.

won't come back anymore today. I should bring the yogurt drink with me too. Yvette's not going to drink anyway; maybe I should give it to the neighbors..." Just as she got up, a tiny figure pounced on her. "Mommy, Mommy... Don't go!

pulled her baby girl into

what's wrong. Don't cry. Have

her the yogurt drink. Then again, a tear hung from the

wiping her daughter's face and fixing her clothes, Lauren kissed her forehead. "Our Yvette is the sweetest child in the world, right? You don't look pretty anymore if you cry. You want

sip

not

nodded again but then shook her

let a big bird eat Bree. He even said to eat me. I don't have

also lied to me. He won't give Bree back to me. Big bird ate Bree. No more Bree. I don't have Bree anymore! Boohoo...

witches are bad. He called me a little witch. I'm sad. I

bawling

wiped

told her a

but even coupled with Yvette's words, she still couldn't get the entire picture. But she at least understood one thing; Bree was gone. It was either killed or eaten by something; she

felt quite helpless. Personally, she didn't like Yvette keeping