Julian nodded pensively. “I’ll stand with you no matter what.”
At the same time, Charlotte kept asking Justin to feed her the soup Rachel brought. “Why isn’t Mommy back yet?” Charlotte started throwing a tantrum, apparently running out of patience.
Justin said, “She’ll be back once you finish this.”
“You’re lying, Daddy. She left me because you and Amber made her mad. I don’t wanna see you.”
Justin was still thinking about the report. Mary has taken care of Charlotte for three years, but she betrayed my trust anyway. I can’t let any stranger take care of Charlotte from now on.
The sound of a door opening broke his train of thoughts, and in came Rachel.
“You’re finallyback, Mommy!” Charlotte extended her arms. “Hug.”
“Sure, honey.” Rachel went to her daughter and held the girl in her arms. “How’s the soup?”
“Tasty. Did you make it, Mommy?”
“Yes.”
“I want you to feed me, Mommy.”
“Okay.” Rachel looked at Justin, but he was still immersed in his thoughts, so she coughed. “Give me the bowl.”
Justin snapped out of it and gave her the bowl and ladle. “Where’s Julian?”
Rachel didn’t even look up. “He left. He’s a busy man.”
frown creased Justin’s forehead. “You seem close
speaking. Compared to you, I am closer
better terms with my cousin than you
Rachel corrected
quickly tried to
stiffened up.
not talking nonsense. You saw it too, right,
eye, but an awkward
finishing her soup, Charlotte finally went to
up
sleep, and Rachel sat back down. She couldn’t
was done with his emails, he looked at the time and realized it was late at night.
asleep. She was holding Charlotte’s hand, and a warm light illuminated them. It
accused Rachel wrongly, but that couldn’t
late at night, but business was booming for Riverdale’s
stopped Amber, but she went past the disgustingly lit dance floor, pushed the pimp away, and barged
room, but the woman screamed when she heard someone
looked
was none other than Noah. He was a prodigal son to begin with, and he veered off rails after
“Who is she, Noah?”
He lit up a cigarette and shot a sidelong look at Amber. “First time you made
“Someone found out about
“So? I’m not afraid.”
know who found out
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