Love's Redemption (Chris and Maddie)

Chapter 342

Arthur was quite brazen. He didn't even care if someone would report him for engaging in shady dealings.

Arthur was visiting, so I couldn't go in there. But I didn't want to go to Ellie's ward either, so I wandered into the hospital's little garden.

"Miss, can you play ball with me?" I hadn't been sitting on the bench for long when a little girl of about three or four years old ran over, looking at me with eager eyes.

Honestly, I didn't want to play, but faced with those eyes, I couldn't refuse. "Alright."

I thought I'd humor her for a bit and then be done with it. But as we played, I started thinking about the times when I was little and how my parents used to play ball with me.

"Madeline, you're a bit clumsy."

"Madeline, you got hit again."

"Madeline..."

I was the young girl's playmate, yet I was still being criticized. How ridiculous! But, honestly, was having a great time.

"Tiffany!"

that call, the girl stopped in her

beautiful woman dressed in a tube

back her hair that had gotten messy from

need to go," the woman called

"No, I want to play a little longer, just

if we're late, Daddy won't wait for us." The woman walked

I was a bit worried. The grass was so soft, and if

she was confident enough to wear them, making her way steadily to

saying, "Come on. Let's go! You're getting more and more difficult to

to play a bit longer... just a

The woman got

was an awkward situation, so I tried to help coax the child. "Tiffany, go home first. Next

a smart girl. She knew that we were

out and patted her head. "We will. If it's meant to

her breath, "Didn't I tell you not to play with strangers?

with me, but

sassy retort.

woman grew even more furious. "How dare you talk back