JESSICA'S POV ~ The smile on my face faded away in the blink of an eye when I heard tiny stomps of people running down the steps. Like a magnet, my eyes couldn’t help but pull in the direction of the footsteps, and my blood ran cold as I came face to face with... Goddess... My babies. “Dad... Dad! Wilhelmina ate all of the chocolates and left me with these crumbs! It’s so unfair!” a little boy’s voice drifted into my ears, making an invisible hand grip my chest, squeezing the breath out of my lungs. They were so close...yet so far away. There was this invisible bridge keeping us apart. My heart felt like a stone, lodged uncomfortably in my throat and I wanted to cry...bawl my eyes out. “Hmph! You liar! I kept some for you, why are you greedy?” a little girl’s voice rang out, and then

