Haru's heart solidified as the young lady folded her arms over his legs. His gaze fell on the plane perspective of her head. He had goosebumps realizing the possibility of what she said being true.
"What's your mom's name?" He stooped to her height level and set his hands on her shoulders already tearing up.
"Meilin Yee Zhao" without burning through additional time, he wrapped his arms around the girl, tears spilling down. Li Na was also as upbeat as he seemed to be. "After such a long time, I can hold my girl" he whispered.
"We need to go see mummy..." his facial appearance change. He didn't want to take such risks. She'd fire a restraining order, he knew the new type of woman she turned out to be.
"No, not now" he had to come up with some kind of excuse to stop her from telling her mother "Well...you shouldn't tell her yet because I want it to be a surprise... this is our little secret okay. Just me...." he said pointing at himself then poked her chest "and you."
