Jasper asked in shock, “Aren’t you waiting for the paternity test result? I believe that Bradley will send Tinkerbell off if he learns that she’s his daughter.”

“Him?” Esther scoffed and said frostily, “He better not come taint my daughter’s path to the afterlife.

Jasper tried again. “Esther, if you’re reluctant, we can…”

Esther shook her head. “Let her rest in peace so she can be reincarnated soon. I hope Tinkerbell doesn’t meet a mother like me or a father like Bradley in her next life. I hope she comes to this world under the anticipation of her parents and gets a happy family.”

Jasper could not help turning away and saying, his voice choking up, “Things will be as you wish.”

Esther did not have real friends or family here.

Tinkerbell’s funeral, grand and luxurious, ended only after half a day.

Esther watched Tinkerbell, who was on the cart, and crouched down to hug her longingly, giving her one last hug with all she had.

‘Tinkerbell, sorry.

fault

into a careless mother like

‘My dear Tinkerbell, farewell.’

softly and pressed a kiss on her forehead with so much longing before she slowly stepped

the furnace, and raging flames engulfed the small casket in

sent Tinkerbell off with reddened eyes

took Esther to the cemetery. With

mother, Faye

a pit and planted a four -year-old apple tree. She put

soil with both hands.

the tree and hung a customized stainless steel plate that read: “Tinkerbell, a four- year-old girl”, and her birthday. Behind the plate, it

happy with her

wind blew gently, and the apple tree leaves swayed, like Tinkerbell bidding

mother and Thomas, not saying a word throughout the process. She thought there

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