Chance (3)

She then felt a warm hand in hers, "Take your time Marga, I'm just here, okay?" and Stephen gently kissed her on the top of her head. She intently looked at their intertwined hands, she felt warm, other than Stephen being always for her, and his family, she now knows that her mother did love her, and her grandfather never stopped looking for her after all these years. She finally understood everything, why the moment she saw the old Mr.Lim, she actually felt warm inside and he also felt familiar to her, he was, in fact, her grandfather.

"Margaret, I won't force you to be anything you want to be, I won't force you to accept me as your family as well...sob...I thank you very much for giving me a chance and listen to my side of the story, you mother, my daughter Mary, would be so happy that I was able to tell of how much she loved you. She would already be happy that once in this lifetime, that two of us actually met." seeing that there was still no reaction from the young girl, Mr.Lim was really saddened but did not push it, it was enough for him that Margaret at listened to what he has to say, so he slowly got up from where he was seated, "I shall be going out first, again thank you Margaret. You don't know how much you have made me happy today. Please be careful on your way home, and I hope you will continue to love each other." then he turned to leave.

"Can I hug you, grandpa?" suddenly Marga said in a shaky voice, she was not sure how to handle everything, but what she was sure was, she wants to be happy from here on, she wants to give herself a chance to be truly happy and completely letting go of the past. The stunned Mr.Lim stopped in his tracks, and when he turned around, his tear stricken face finally lit up, "Oh my dear grandchild!" he walked as fast as he could to embrace his granddaughter once and for all.

Finally, the two figures gave each other a tight hug, both were crying and laughing at the same time, Mr.Lim just can't believe that he will be able to hug and kiss his granddaughter, this was indeed the happiest day of his life.

"Thank you so much Margaret, this is indeed that happiest day of my life, your mother would be so happy if she sees us together." he can't help but hug Margaret again and placed another kiss on his forehead. "I'm sorry that you felt alone all these years, you will never be alone again, grandpa will always be with you from now on."

"Grandpa, thank you for not giving up on me too," she said shyly and also grabbed Stephen to join in their hugs. "Young man, thank you for taking care of my Margaret all these years, I want to personally thank your family as well. So when you go back, I plan to go back together with you, would that be okay?" Mr. Lim said abruptly, he was now making his plans.

"Margaret, I want to announce to the world that I finally found you, I will have your Aunt give you a homecoming party, the hotel, the hospital is all yours, and I will make your husband the Hospital Director too, in that way you don't have to work so hard." he blurted again. The couple just looked at each other, "Ahm grandpa, I really love my job, and I don't know if I can accept it, you worked hard for it, I don't have the right to take anything from you." Marga said softly she doesn't want to create a misunderstanding this early on.

"No right?!being my granddaughter gives you all the right to own everything I have! But we will not talk about it right now, this time we will have your welcoming party, please just let me do that for your mother at least. I want everyone to know that the lost granddaughter of the Lim's has returned." he the excitedly stood up "Okay I will go first, there are a lot of things that need to be done. Can you invite your family to come over here as well Doctor? I will take care of everything." he said proudly.