was her father and her mother had passed away when she was an infant.

This lasted until the day of her twenty-first birthday. On that spring morning Eppie awoke with a feeling of happiness. It was going to be a beautiful day and although the sun was just rising, Eppie could hear a happy melodic chirping out in the fields; the birds were singing. Quickly she dressed and proceeded into the kitchen to greet her father. Though the occasion was happy and the day was now bright a look of concern and a heavy heart troubled Silas. Today was the day that he would have to tell Eppie the truth. A secret he'd kept for nearly twenty years would soon be let out. Eppie sensed remorse and could feel his sadness, even without knowing his reason.

Silas forced a smile and opened his outstretched hand to reveal a small, cloth-covered box. Eppie reached over and with a bit of fear she slowly grasped the box and began to untie it's ribbon. She too forced a smile. When the gift was finally open, after what seemed to be an eternity, Eppie reached in and delicately lifted out a small golden locket.

Immediately she smiled and was happy to receive a wonderful gif

outstanding age difference between him and his wife, her mother. Silas said "Molly, your mother, was never my wife and I am not your father." Eppie was not more confused than ever and now she now felt the pain of a long lived lie fill her heart. "Godfrey is your true father and your mother, well,... she was my daughter. Eppie laid her head across her arms and wept, more confused than sad but all the same, she wept. All of this was just too much for her to handle, soon she was sobbing uncontrollably.

hoping for an answer, Eppie asked Silas why there was such an

how it should have been; how her mother should still be here. Still

t. She ignored the sadness she had sensed only a moment ago. Eppie reached out and hugged Silas but her face was dampened with tears which were not her own; Silas was crying. Eppie, confused, asked why he was crying. His reply was simply "you don't remember dear, you can't remember." Still utterly baffled, Eppie gently opened the locket.

about. "It's beautiful, I love it. Thank you daddy." Silence filled the room. "She looks awfully young, how old was she?" Silas did not

Inside she found a photograph of a small baby and one of a

answer her or even look up for a long time. Eppie began to think of

began to explain that the baby was Eppie and the woman was her

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