Chapter 8

Ella was up early. Unlike usual, she did not need to have her own daughter as her alarm clock. She had hardly gotten any sleep last night, as she was stressed about Dan’s reaction. Before she knew it, it was past one in the afternoon, and Ella was still lost in her own thoughts. Like any other day, she was monotonously doing all her chores, but with the additional stress of Daniel.

It was the doorbell that made Ella stop in her tracks. She was confident that it was not Timothy, but Daniel. He would have told his friend about Lily being his daughter and not Ron’s.

“I want to meet my daughter,” Daniel stated as soon as she opened the door without even giving Ella a chance to say anything.

She, however, quietly nodded her head in response and stepped aside to make space for him to enter her house.

“Follow me.” She said to the father of her daughter and led him to the backyard of her house, where Lily was playing with her toys.

“Lily, someone is here to meet you.” She spoke to her dau