Amanda had discreetly arranged for Charlotte to sit between Luna and herself. Although they painted quite a happy picture of a wholesome family, in reality, the set-up was meant to trap Charlotte between them so she couldn’t escape.
When they were finally seated, one of the aunts, Aunt Leigh, turned to Charlotte and smiled at her as she gave her the once-over. “We haven’t seen you in years! You look so much more mature now, Charlotte.”
“You looked like a girl the last time we saw you, and now you look like a woman!” Another aunt, Aunt Geraldine, chimed in on purpose. “Amanda, what were you saying about Charlotte’s kids? Do you mean that she’s already married with kids now?”
“Yes, she already has three children. Time has flown by, hasn’t it? We’re all getting old.” Amanda laughed shrilly and continued, “Charlotte, why didn’t you bring your kids along with you today?”
This time, Charlotte didn’t interrupt her. Instead, she allowed her aunt to finish saying what she wanted to say.
From the moment Luna bumped into her and her child at the kindergarten the other day, Charlotte knew that her secret was out.
The news of her child would have spread like wildfire among the Whites and the Windts.
From what she knew about Amanda’s personality, the older woman had probably fed the other aunts all sorts of vile stories about Charlotte to taint her reputation.
The latter probably wanted to embarrass
“Oh gosh…”
at the table was extremely stunned. It had been four years since they last saw Charlotte, and she had returned with
of the uncles started to frown. Their expressions had clouded over, and the look in their eyes as they gazed at Charlotte seemed to turn
did you get married?
“What does your husband do for a living? Why
smiled, looking as though
two of them waited gleefully for her answer. How was Charlotte going to tell everyone that she had hooked up with a gigolo at Sultry Night and now
pause, the woman finally spoke up, “That’s my business. I don’t suppose you think you have a
shock. Nobody had expected her to
know! We’re your elders! Don’t we have a right to ask you
Did you get pregnant out of wedlock?”
get
“A married man is already the best-case scenario. It would be
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