Melissa looked over subconsciously, but the moment she lifted her head, she froze all of a sudden.
She stared incredulously at the child running in, and swallowed hard. Cherry also noticed her while she was running in. The little fellow came to a stop, and a touch of surprise appeared in her big round eyes.
An astonished Melissa said, "Ch..."
But before she could say '... erry, why are you back?', the little fellow suddenly exclaimed, "Ooh! Hi, Grand-aunt!"
She interrupted Melissa, ran up to her, and sat on her lap.
Melissa:"?"
She couldn't understand how Cherry could go in and out of the Hunts' residence at will. Moreover, she had clearly come from the inner premises. Shouldn't she be in the car going back to the Andersons right now?
While she was in a daze, Mrs. Hunt frowned and asked, "Grand... Aunt? Pete, do the two of you know each other?"
Cherry nodded at once. "Uh-huh! Great-Grandma, this is Grand-Aunt. Grand-Aunt, this is my great-grandmother-"
Even more question marks filled Melissa's mind: ???
She suddenly turned to Mrs. Hunt and asked, "W-what did you call the child just now?"
Pete? What Pete?
Before Mrs. Hunt could explain, Cherry said, "Don't you remember who I am, Grand-Aunt? I'm Pete Hunt! My father is Justin Hunt!"
Then, she looked at Mrs. Hunt again and said, "Are they the guests you were talking about, Great-Grandma? I've been to their house! Daddy took me there before, yeah!"
Cherry's young and tender voice rang out in the living room, shocking Melissa so badly that she was practically crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
What nonsense was Cherry spouting?
Pete Hunt? What nonsens...
No, wait, Hunt?
And 'Great-Grandma'...
'My father is Justin Hunt'...
She looked at Cherry, who was in her arms, in disbelief after connecting the pieces of crucial information. She swallowed hard and asked, "Y-your father is Justin Hunt?"
Justin was the father of Nora's child???
Cherry blinked at her and replied, "Uh-huh! My father is Justin Hunt, and I am his son, yeah!"
She deliberately placed emphasis on the word 'son'.
Then, she asked, "Where's my sister? Didn't she come?"
If Pete had come, he would definitely find a way to escape!
There was absolutely no way he would stay!
Cherry understood her elder brother very well, so there weren't any loopholes in her words at all.
The dumbfounded Melissa's mind was a complete blank.
Mrs. Hunt, however, was very displeased with how close and intimate the two of them were. She beckoned to Cherry and said, "Come to Great-Grandma, Pete."
Cherry nodded and ran to Mrs. Hunt.
After getting her to sit beside her, Mrs. Hunt looked at Melissa and asked with a fake smile, "So, Justin has already paid your family a visit?"
Melissa:
When had he ever paid them a visit?!
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