Joshua was sent to the emergency room and hospitalized for three whole days. When he awoke once more, he received a call from Nellie.

“Daddy.“ From the other end of the phone, the little girl’s cute whine drifted into his ears. “Do you remember what day it is tomorrow?“

Lying on the hospital bed, Joshua took a glimpse at the calendar on the wall and narrowed his eyes slightly. “It’s your Mommy’s birthday.“

He never forgot Luna’s birthday. When they were still married, every year he wanted to give her a proper celebration. But when the day arrived, he felt that his preparations were too pretentious and overly affectionate, so in the end, he would always throw the present at her casually, telling her that it was just a random purchase. Where in fact…every present he gifted her was chosen carefully by him.

Six years ago after Luna was involved in the accident, he wanted to tell her all this, but she was no longer around. This year…he had prepared her present a long time ago.

”Daddy, I’m surprised you remember ! ”

remembered her mother’s birthday. ”So did you prepare

Joshua nodded. ”Yeah.”

and I prepared a present too ! ” Nellie took a deep breath. ”But I think Mommy has gone through a

our godfather Malcolm would celebrate Mommy’s birthday for her, but Mommy always rejected having big celebrations. She felt that since Nigel was still sick, she shouldn’t have any over-the- top celebrations for herself. But this year, both Nigel and I have finally recovered, even though Neil isn’t with us, but

his lips in a smile, successfully reading the underlying message in his daughter’s words. ” You want to organize a grand

little garden. We realized it’s not that she doesn’t like noise and crowds… So I called you to ask whether we could borrow some money from you, so we could organize a grand birthday celebration for Mommy… Nigel and I can write you an IOU if you want, we’ll pay you

and listening to his daughter discuss borrowing money from him in such a serious manner, Joshua could not help

and smile. “Tell me, what do you plan

as her father did not reject her suggestion, Nellie cheered in happiness and excitement. “Nigel and I have so many plans! I’ll ask him to send them to you immediately! “ With that,

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