Charles glanced at Ronald, who immediately came over and handed him a piece of paper and a pen. Charles quickly sketched a few letters on the paper and then passed it to Janice. "When can it be ready?" he asked.

Janice paused for a moment. "When do you need it?"

"Before New Year's," Charles replied, glancing at his watch. "It's getting late. I'll wait for your good news."

"Understood," Janice said with a smile, gesturing politely as she watched Charles leave with his usual composed stride.

Narrowing her eyes, she looked down at the letters he had written-C&N. She wondered who this lucky woman was to be treated so thoughtfully by Charles.

Milo had a simple purpose for his visit to Brookville-to gauge Charles' intentions and to see how much tolerance Charles had for the situation.

not expected their first encounter to be so tense. It seemed Charles was not interested in playing along or taking a

past, Charles might have turned a blind eye to certain matters, but this time, he had been very direct. Could it be that he genuinely felt

not taking good

her, and she seemed to have aged quite a bit, which surprised him. Pressing his

Janet? You've taken care of her since she was young. Sometimes, you're kinder to her than I am." "Then,

Charlie," Milo replied. He was making allusions to the matter with Charles, and his

surprise. "Didn't you just arrive in Brookville? How did you meet Charlie so quickly? What did

you could've told me. We

afraid I'll harm your son?" Milo snapped, clearly displeased. "I'm still Charlie's uncle.

and I don't have the best relationship; and he's not very close to you either," Clarisse explained. "He still holds a grudge about what happened three years ago when

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