The Charismatic Charlie Wade

Mrs. Lewis sighed, “It was my job to take you off the street and into the orphanage, but you don’t have the obligation to take care of me and pay for the expensive medical bills. Besides, I know very well how your life in the Wilson family is…”

Then, she continued, “Don’t worry, Charlie, I’ll find a way to pay you back.”

Charlie was moved. Mrs. Lewis had really treated him as her own son and cared so much about him.

He said in a sincere tone, “Mrs. Lewis, you don’t have to worry about the money nor pay me back either.”

“No, I can’t do that! It is a lot of money, I have to repay you!”

“No, Mrs. Lewis. I’ll always remember your kindness towards me. It’s my duty to spend money on your treatment. If you still insist on paying me back, you’re treating me as a stranger and I might not want to see you again!”

Mrs. Lewis smiled warmly at his remark, but she knew that she couldn’t accept his money just like that. She would return the money to him no matter what he said.

phone, “Since you’re an adult now, I’ll

concerned about them as she remembered how delicate and

knew that Charlie had married her for some special reason and the couple didn’t seem to be very intimate or

could develop feelings towards each other, have a child together, and live

rather awkwardly and said, “Claire and I are doing fine. When you come back, I’ll bring her along when I

Claire pregnant! You guys aren’t young anymore, it’s time for you to have a baby. Listen to me, your relationship will improve tremendously

in the same bed with Claire yet, so it

so he smiled and said

now, the nurse is urging me to hang up and get some

inform me when you return to

“I will! Bye now!”

They ended the call.

***

Elaine arrived at the nearby Citibank branch. She went straight

have a lot of money in his card, so it wasn’t necessary for her to do the transaction over the counter. She could simply do the transaction on the machine and transfer the money