Seeing that Charlie's white Land Rover drove over, Tilly waved her goodbye and entered the hospital building.
Charlie bent down and fastened the seat belt for Wendy. When he looked up and saw her in a daze, he covered her eyes with one hand and tightened it.
As Wendy felt the warmth of his palms, she came to herself and looked up at him. She gazed into his deep eyes shining with concern and whispered, "Charlie, am I a wicked woman..."
In fact, she had thought that Kim would propose a divorce.
Johnny, her adopted father, had divorced. So did her middle- aged biological father, who had just confirmed his relationship with her. These things that happened to them were directly related to her.
Whenever she thought of Kim's withered face as if he suddenly had become several years older, Wendy would feel sad and even blame herself.
"No!" Charlie frowned and pinched her face with the other hand. "You did nothing wrong. Think about your mother. You're just seeking justice for her! Even if you have a heart as malicious as snakes and scorpions, you're still my beloved woman!"
His steady male voice relieved some of her guilt.
He was right: her mother suffered much more!
Her mother was forced to break up with her lover, leave his daughter, and take her own life. So, Wendy did not try to frame Linda and only wanted to find the truth of a past incident. Her sole aim was to get justice for her mother.
Seriously?! He compared her to snakes and scorpions, but still, Wendy thought it was sweet and threw a coquettish glance at him.
When Charlie saw that she finally smiled, he restarted the car.
He drove his Land Rover slowly away. Wendy turned sideways and looked into the rearview mirror. From it, she happened to see Linda walking out of the hospital building with the help of Madge and almost all of her weight was on her daughter.
When Linda walked down the last step, she suddenly staggered and collapsed onto the ground.
Wendy could see that Linda loved her husband deeply. In order to be with him, she had to take him from her mother by any possible means. No one would like and even would disdain such a vicious woman! Kim's petition for divorce was undoubtedly the most fatal blow to her!
From the rearview mirror, Wendy saw that Linda's face was wet with tears. She looked haggard and pale. At this moment, she was no longer the elegant and arrogant lady but a completely shattered poor woman.
However, Wendy didn't feel any pity for her, because it was the cruel truth that she had to accept. Everyone had to be responsible for what they had done. Yolanda should be responsible, and it was the same with Helen and Linda!
After all, God is watching!
Monday was the beginning of every week, and it was also the busiest day. After a whole morning's meeting, it was finally lunch break time. When everyone came out of the conference room, almost all of them went straight to the canteen, instead of going back to their office.
After entering, Connie and Bonnie insisted that Wendy should sit in a seat with good lighting and wait for them to bring her meal, but Wendy declined again and again. In the end, Connie said that it was Charlie who asked her to take care of Wendy, who was pregnant. Hearing this, she had to give in to them.
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