It was 11 o'clock at night.

Charlotte didn't feel the slightest bit lethargic as she rolled around in bed. The image of Sheryl having fun with Shane earlier during the day kept resurfacing in her mind.

Sheryl's pure smile reflected so much happiness. It was evident that she was having such a good time.

As she looked back on this, Charlotte felt a little rueful.

She knew for a fact that Sheryl had always longed for fatherly love. Still, she never mentioned wanting a father as she was worried about hurting her mother's heart. Even when other children teased her, she would silently put up with it alone.

Sheryl' s obedience and pragmatism only made Charlotte feel more ashamed of herself as a mother.

"Beep beep!"

The phone she had put aside buzzed. The notification immediately pulled Charlotte back to her senses. Wiping away her tears, she picked up her phone from the bedside table. It was a message from Anne.

'Lottie, are you asleep?'

'Nope. What's the matter?" Charlotte replied.

'How was the day with Shane? From what I can see, Sheryl likes him an awful lot.'

'Yeah, she does. She told me today that she likes him very much.'

Once this message was out, it took a long while before a new message came in.

nose of hers, they look exactly like Shane's. Say, do you think he could be...' Upon reading the message, Charlotte distinctly felt

she had already noticed their

how could

speedily typed in

this happening is too minimal, perhaps completely impossible. How could

Anne's response. 'You're right. Shane

are literally no

let out a giggle when she read the message.

as she was about to put down her phone, another notification came in for a piece of financial

unwittingly read

Hospitalized For Serious Health Issues.' Beneath it was a short description, adding that the corporation's share price was plummeting. Charlotte stared

serious

she remembered, her father had always been in tip-top

lodged in her throat. She

pajamas. After one last glance at sleeping Sheryl, she booked a taxi and rushed toward the hospital named in the news. Twenty- odd

to the nurses' station just in time to catch a young nurse

which room

Charlotte warily and asked, "May I know

ordered that no ordinary person was to enter and

"I'm his..."

Mr. Emerson is doing

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