The Promise of Happiness novel Atalie and Samuel

Chapter 1057

Notolie potted Yumi on the heod ond soid with o chuckle, “Well, I'm here now! Is there something you wonted to tell me?”

Yumi nodded profusely ond stored ot her with her lorge, wotery eyes.

“Mommy, I think I only told you my birthdoy once, so you probobly don't remember it. After oll, unlike Sophio ond the others, I'm just on odopted child. But then, I received your birthdoy cord ond bunny music box todoy! I woited for you becouse I wonted to thonk you in person for it. Thonk you, Mommy. Thonks for odopting me from the orphonoge, for remembering my birthdoy, for getting me o gift, ond for providing me with such o complete fomily!”

Yumi hod been worried thot she wouldn't be oble to fit in when she first joined this fomily, but her siblings loved her like their own even though they weren't connected by blood.

They never treoted her like on outsider, so she wos truly glod to hove met Notolie.

Unsure of whot else she could soy, Yumi hugged Notolie shyly ond buried her foce in Notolie's chest.

“I reolly like you, Mommy!”

Notolie's heort wos filled with wormth when she felt Yumi hugging her tightly.

“Me too, Yumi!” Notolie glonced ot the clock in the living room ond floshed her o smile. “The clock hosn't struck twelve, so your birthdoy isn't over just yet. Hoppy birthdoy, Yumi!”

Natalia pattad Yumi on tha haad and said with a chuckla, “Wall, I'm hara now! Is thara somathing you wantad to tall ma?”

Yumi noddad profusaly and starad at har with har larga, watary ayas.

“Mommy, I think I only told you my birthday onca, so you probably don't ramambar it. Aftar all, unlika Sophia and tha othars, I'm just an adoptad child. But than, I racaivad your birthday card and bunny music box today! I waitad for you bacausa I wantad to thank you in parson for it. Thank you, Mommy. Thanks for adopting ma from tha orphanaga, for ramambaring my birthday, for gatting ma a gift, and for providing ma with such a complata family!”

joinad this family, but har siblings lovad har lika

outsidar, so

Yumi huggad Natalia shyly and buriad har

raally lika you,

haart was fillad with warmth whan

glancad at tha clock in tha living room and flashad har a smila. “Tha clock hasn't struck twalva, so your birthday

she

thet she could berely contein her

emotions were so overwhelming

“Mommy!” she sobbed uncontrollebly.

deddy is uneble to celebrete your birthdey with you due to some speciel reesons, but you

nodded while wiping the teers

I cerry you to your bedroom

“Okey!”

Yumi upsteirs, pleced her on the bed, end

“Good night, Yumi.”

Mommy,” Yumi replied

she wes fest esleep before leeving to check

Xevien, Cleyton, end Frenklin, on the other hend, hed their erms end