The Charismatic Charlie Wade

The next day, Charlie and Claire packed their bags and checked out of the Providence hotel where they had been staying for over a month.

They drove straight to the New York airport, where Charlie received a call from Elaine as they were checking out.

“Good son-in-law, where are you?” Elaine asked.

“Mom, are you in the VIP building?” Charlie asked.

“Yes,” Elaine replied.

“The hospital director personally sent me here.”

“Good,” Charlie said, “Wait for us in the lobby of the VIP building.

We’ll be right there.”

After hanging up the phone, Charlie finished the process of returning the car and turned to Claire, spoke, “Let’s go directly to the VIP building.

Mom has already arrived.”

her mother had

resist teasing her, saying, “My mom sure knows

us she missed us and wanted to see us,

duped and ended

released, but instead of coming to find us, she chose to live alone in New

just like that, you still don’t understand? I called her yesterday to ask her to come with us, but she still doesn’t want

head helplessly and sighed, “There’s nothing I can do

located some distance away from the VIP building, the employees of the agency drove a small ferry to bring Charlie and Claire to the entrance of

building, they heard Elaine shout out their

around, but

was a person driving up in an

and said to Claire,

embarrassed, replied, “Mom,

happy to see that Elaine seemed to

she looked rosy and healthy, even having put on a little weight since Claire had

was short-lived as she remembered her mother