Chapter 58. News

"Eve, here's the breakfast." Mr. James came over with a bowl of oatmeal. He joined his daughter and wife, who sat cuddled on the sofa. "I'll feed you, okay?"

Mrs Kate smiled while Eve giggled a little. "Dad, I am an adult now." Eve buried her head further into her mother's chest, making James remember his daughter's childhood.

"It's not about you growing up, kiddo, but if we hadn't realized that you'd been kidnapped so that you couldn't come back to Mom and dad, I don't know what would have happened next," Mr James' heart ached.

Mrs Kate, who saw her husband's eyes glaze again, tried straightening her daughter's back. "Come on, it's been a while. Hasn't your father fed you?"

"Ah, what's wrong with you both? Don't tell me you're doing this because you remember almost losing me."

That sentence pierced Mr James's and Mrs Kate's hearts with a deep stab. There was no mistaking what their daughter had said. Instantly, James felt very foolish as a father. He p