"Hello, Miss Melanie," Charlotte replied with a friendly smile.

"Hello, Sheryl," she greeted Sheryl warmly, then turned to Charlotte. "Ms. Emerson, it's a shame that you couldn't make it to the family event. Sheryl's dad did such a great job, but unfortunately, both parents must be present in order to receive the participation gift."

As she spoke, sympathy hung on Miss Melanie's face. Meanwhile, Charlotte's mind only turned into mush with every word of hers.

Family event? What family event?

Sheryl's dad?

Intuitively, Charlotte looked at Sheryl. She found that her sharp-witted child had quickly broken free from her clutch and fled without giving Charlotte a chance to utter a word.

Catching the bafflement in Charlotte's eyes, Miss Melanie asked in confusion, "Ms. Emerson, were you not aware of the event?"

Truth be told, she was truly unaware of it. However, at that moment, the one thing she could do was simply to give a random excuse. "Oh, no, Miss Melanie. It's just that I've been a little busier than I'd like lately, and it just slipped my mind."

Charlotte chuckled awkwardly.

Melanie returned a

of Sheryl and her father. I can tell that Sheryl loves her father very much. I understand that you both have gone your separate

It appeared the teacher must' ve mistaken that Charlotte had divorced Sheryl's

you, Miss Melanie. Please take good care of Sheryl for me." Charlotte

smile still perched upon her face. "It's my

box. At once, her eyes widened in surprise. Never would she have dreamt of finding Shane in the picture. Never would she have dreamt that Shane Fuller would accompany her daughter

her face, while Shane, who was sitting next

a daze, a memory came rushing back to her. It was the morning of the

asked if she had time

focused all her attention on the bidding and ended up

actions, an immense amount of guilt gushed into Charlotte's

his work-related matters as the busy

day slipped by in a blink of an eye and Charlotte decided against working overtime today. Instead, she got off work early and went to pick

KFC, her favorite food, to make up for missing the family

today?" Sheryl

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