84 It was because of you Doctor Son

"She was taken from us a day after she was born, a maid pretended to care for Mary all this time but she took Margaret, she took her...sob...sob" Stephen slowly helped the old man sit down, he actually calmed down the moment he heard the man's cries especially knowing that Margaret's mother has already passed away, he was slightly stunned by the graveness of this piece of information, how was he to tell his wife that he found out who her mother was but she has already passed..

He was still shocked when the man beside him continued to sob and talk at the same time "We looked all over for her, I used all of my connections just to find her and bring her home, but still, sob..sob....Her.....mother, my beloved daughter... she had a nervous breakdown due to the incident before and after her pregnancy, she....sob....sob.....she committed suicide after 3 months of still not being able to find Margaret."sob...sob...the man tried to calm himself down, he then took Mary's photos which he kept on his chest pocket and showed it Stephen, the resemblance is really striking, no one will ever doubt that they are mother and daughter.

"Mr. Lim, how did you find out about Margaret?" Stephen said as he stood up and fetch a glass of water for the man who was now having hiccups due to intense crying and wailing."Oh, it was because of you Doctor Son." the man was beaming when he said it."Back then when all hope is lost, it has already been more than a decade searching for my lost granddaughter, when I accidentally passed through the hospital you are working at one day.I thought I was imagining things when I saw Mary for a split second, I kept rubbing my eyes, and soon enough I followed her." he was now smiling briefly as he was wiping his tears, he looks more calm and already has a smile plastered on his face.

"Then I saw her waiting at the lobby with her head down like she was trying to decide on something, then I saw you coming towards her, how her face glowed with joy, and she was full of love and adoration for you, and it strike me that she really looked like Mary the moment she smiled." Mr. Lim was now looking at Stephen intensely, and he grabbed his hand " I investigated you instead Doctor Son, and I'm really that I did so... I don't believe in fate, but fate brought me to that hospital that day and it brought me to see my Mary again which turned out to be my lost granddaughter, it seems that the heavens and Mary is still looking down on me." Mr. Lim finally finished with a teary smile.

"I understand that you needed to investigate me and my family too Mr. Lim" Stephen said in a stern voice, he was not angry but still a bit surprised about the turn of events."Yes, I did, and I found out that you and your family took care of her, especially your Aunt Fatima.I really apologize that it has already come to this Doctor, but I feel very grateful to you and your family for taking such wonderful care of Margaret,but" the old man paused and looked Stephen in the eye as he spoke "I want her to be with her, I want to tell her that she has a family who was looking for her all these years, that she was not abandoned.Can you help me Doctor, can you help me speak with her?" Mr. Lim pleaded and his eyes turned red again, tears are already brimming and are about to fall.

Stephen was tongue-tied at first, he was caught now between this man and his wife, "Mr.Lim, I have to be honest, I am happy to realize that my wife has not been abandoned all these years and that a family member has been looking for her.But I'm just not sure how Marga will accept this, I mean this is really big news for her, she has been longing for a family to come and find her if there was any.If you agree, we can take it slow, I will try to tell her slowly about what I have found out today, but I can't guarantee that she would want to be with you." Stephen said seriously knowing how hurt his wife has been all these years, but he was also wondering if this news would make his wife happy too, perhaps it would, it would finally complete the void in her heart.