Sheryl looked up to find Elaine Emerson.

She wore a hypocritical smile under her thick, delicate makeup. Sheryl was a little frightened by her looks and backed away subconsciously.

By now, Charlotte had already caught up to her daughter.

However, she took no notice of Elaine as she grabbed Sheryl's hand and chastised, "Sheryl, you mustn't run around! There are so many people here, what if you meet a bad guy?" Sheryl didn't utter a word in response. Instead, she cowered behind her.

Charlotte raised a suspicious eyebrow at Sheryl's strange reaction. Just then, Elaine spoke. "So, you're Sheryl! What an adorable little girl you are."

Hearing this voice, Charlotte raised her head. Instantly, her face darkened.

"What are you doing here?" asked Charlotte with a scoff.

'Neat,' Elaine thought. Before she could hunt Charlotte down, she had taken the initiative to deliver herself to her doorstep.

Elaine smiled. "Lottie, why are you being so defensive? We used to be the best of friends."

"Mommy, are you two best friends?" asked Sheryl in a whisper.

Charlotte peered down at her daughter and shook her head unhesitatingly.

hear in her life was the fact that Elaine and she used

the most shameful aspect of her

right words for Elaine. She simply sneered and sidestepped Elaine

You saw him at the hospital last time around - his body isn't going to hold for much longer." Elaine's voice invaded Charlotte's ears from behind and her footsteps came to a halt. Hearing

in Charlotte's eyes

her father into her

she realized exactly how much

the scene she had seen in the ward, she suddenly didn't feel

in her tracks, Elaine was treacherously delighted that she had managed to pull off

let go of her past, of the Emerson family. Else, she wouldn't have shown up at the

leave now, you may not

rooted to the spot and pondered for a moment before

upon thinking about her father whom she hadn't met for five years, she decided it

At the Emersons' residence.

Charlotte stood outside the main

at the house that couldn't be any more familiar,

her choice. Was returning a

Elaine urged

without fail Elaine's malice toward Charlotte. She rolled her

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