Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 16-3

Back in the main hall, Nathan boldly let David know his opinion. "Mr. Charrington, Miss Darling doesn’t seem so receptive to you."

"Don’t make me send you off on a business research trip to the middle of nowhere," David replied. He didn’t wear any emotion on his face, but in his mind, an idea had formed.

When Danielle returned home, Vivian and Howard buzzed around her excitedly and led her to the living room to sit.

"Danielle, we were planning to throw a homecoming party for you next month, but your grandparents aren’t in the best health right now, so we might have to postpone it," Vivian said in a soft voice with guilt written on her face.

"What’s wrong with them?" Danielle asked worriedly. This was the first time she’d heard them mention that Alice and Caleb were sick.

back, and have since become bedridden and unresponsive. They’ve been reliant on medication all this while, but recently they’ve been showing signs

as long as the patient is alive. We’ve been trying to locate this person all these years but we haven’t had any

either, so maybe it’s nothing but an urban legend and

asked. She had to see them in person to obtain a proper

you to the hospital tomorrow." Vivian and Howard were relieved that

was not the

Danielle," Howard and Vivian said one after the other as they watched their precious daughter go upstairs to her room. They were truly grateful that their daughter had matured into such a

chat. Vivian was the one who

beautiful, caring and understanding daughter a father could

they had wanted to hold off on breaking