Noah Reyes smiled gently and once again greedily caressed his son's little face before asking tentatively, "Billy, did your mommy tell you who your daddy is? Where he is?"
Julia Bluen, sitting opposite him, couldn't help but roll her eyes. He himself hadn't left a name, address, or identity; it was just a necklace. Who would know who he was or where he was? This assertive man was foolish sometimes.
"Yes," Jimmy Horne replied seriously.
Noah Reyes immediately asked with ecstatic joy, "Really?"
Julia Bluen also raised her eyebrows, but she listened quietly to Jimmy's response.
"Mommy said that I do have a daddy, but my daddy has gone to work far, far away. It's a remote place, with no cars, no electricity, and no phone service, so Daddy has never come back to see me and Mommy, and I can't call Daddy either. But I really do have a daddy. I am not an illegitimate child born without a father; I really have a daddy. Look, my daddy even sent me a gift."
