Chapter 497

Two days later, just around noon, Charlene Ross and Gaylord Hearst were on their way to the cafeteria for lunch when her phone suddenly rang.

It was a call from Thorne Henderson.

Charlene glanced at the screen, hesitated for a moment, then answered. "Hello?"

"Grandma's awake."

A wave of relief swept over Charlene. "I'll head over right now."

"Alright."

After hanging up, Charlene turned to Gaylord, who had paused beside her, waiting. "Sorry, something's come up. I'll have to skip lunch."

Gaylord caught a glimpse of the number flashing on her phone and could tell it was urgent. "No worries," he said.

Charlene gave a quick nod and hurried off.

By the time she arrived at the hospital, Thorne, Jasmine Henderson, Tiffany Henderson, Claudia, Lloyd Henderson, and a few others were already gathered there.

As soon as Charlene walked in, Jasmine rushed into her arms. Thorne glanced over at them, then turned back to the elderly woman in the bed and said gently, "Grandma, Charlene's here."

the mention of Charlene's arrival, Irma Henderson's face lit up with a faint smile, and she tried to turn her

forward and took the old woman's

patted her hand softly, wanting to speak, but before she could get a word out, her eyelids


across Charlene's face.

"She just woke up. The doctors said her condition's still unstable, and she's low on energy.

seeing Irma so pale and frail, she couldn't help but worry this might be a final rally. "But... is she really going to

"The doctors said her condition isn't completely stable yet, but she should recover slowly over

tightly wound nerves

while, so as not to disturb Irma's

waking up while they were on their way to lunch. None

off. Seeing that everyone was

hadn't seen much of Lloyd over the years-whether before or after her marriage to Thorne-but he'd always

kid.

but their silence clearly

one hand the number of times she'd eaten out with the

back, it all felt like


herself into a family lunch. "I can't, I've got some things to handle at the office Maybe next time,"

was just making

glancing at

could say anything, Jasmine hung her head, fiddling with

leaving. He

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