The Cherished Wife

She never imagined Janet could be so reckless or that her own son could be so callous, driving without a second thought for Janet's safety. Luckily, Janet had been at the side of the car, not in front of it. Had Janet been in front of the car, she might have been hit and thrown into the air.

"Aunt, it hurts so much!" Janet clung to Clarisse, tears streaming down her face. "It hurts, Aunt. Why would Charles do this to me? He's found someone else. He's got another girl. Aunt, I can't stand it! Charles belongs to me. How could he just run me over? He had a woman in his car just now. I know he's with someone else."

"Janet, are you okay?"

"There, there. Don't cry, Janet. I'm here for you, and Charles has really crossed the line this time. How could he treat you like that?" Clarisse was deeply disappointed by Charles's behavior.

did not give a second thought to Charles's feelings. She certainly did not trust Charles. Knowing Charles as she did, it was unthinkable that he would be a bad enough driver or so reckless as to hit someone. He was simply being unreasonable!" Charles left the Hoffman family's old house in his car, his expression dark and

have been reluctant, but he would still show up there and then. However, now, he did not want to come at all. He would not have even considered it if it were not for

time he thought he had her figured out, she would do something even more crazy and then act like

on Charles's shoulders. She gently took his

her, his smile a bit forced but comforting nonetheless. "Nothing!" he said quickly, then changed the subject. "Hey, what do you want to eat for

and we promised to stick with each other

feel comfortable opening up about anything, whether it was good