As far as Emerald Smith was concerned, life had quite a funny way of playing tricks on beings of the universe. Never in a million years had she imagined that a waitress she had faith in and employed, even considered part of her family, would be carrying the child of a son she once lost? Never had she imagined that she would get her son, and have a grandson on the same day! If anyone had spoken to her of such a fate five days ago, she would have believed she was being mocked, laughed at.

Yet, there she was. With her son standing behind her, and her grandson in...