Wendy felt ice cold. Lucky for her, when she woke up, Larry was leaning against her, and the warmth coming from his little body made her feel much better.
Seeing that she was in the hospital gown, Larry raised his little face and asked nervously, "Mom, are you sick?"
"No, I'm fine!" Wendy shook his head. Then, when Larry carefully reached out to touch her belly, she added, "Your little sister is fine too!"
"Mom, what about papa?" Larry breathed a sigh of relief and then asked suddenly.
His big eyes blinked, and he unhappily pursed his mouth tight when he complained to her. "I asked grandfathers, Aunt Tilly, and Uncle Francis, but all of them didn't tell me where my papa went!"
After returning from the church to the hotel, Larry had been waiting for the feast at the wedding site. But, to his surprise, the wedding feast was canceled later on. He had no idea what had happened when many guests left while whispering something. Besides, his grandpa passed out. Although children could not fully understand adults' affairs, they were sensitive enough to know that something terrible must have happened.
No one told Larry the truth because they found it hard to tell him this bad news about his father under the gaze of his innocent and clear eyes.
Looking at Larry, whose facial features were almost the same as Charlie's, Wendy put him in her arms and gently stroked his slightly curly hair, her heart like lead. Then she forced a smile and said in a cracked voice, "My dear baby, papa will come back!"
"Did papa go on a business trip again?" Larry scratched his head and asked.
"Yes..." Wendy took a deep breath. "Do you remember the last time that he went on a business trip suddenly? It's just that he may go a little longer this time, but I promise that he will come back, and we just need to wait for him at home, okay, baby?"
"Okay!" Larry nodded obediently.
"Wendy, you don't have to do this!" Tilly, who had been crying in Francis's arms, felt very uncomfortable when she saw Wendy's forced smile and Larry's childish voice. She couldn't help crying out loud. "Larry is a little child, but I think a four-year-old child has the right to know that his father has died..."
Wendy reached out and covered her son's ears in time.
Larry looked up at her pitifully. On his childish face, there was still no trace of gloominess.
Wendy gave Tilly a hint with her eyes and stopped her from talking more about it. Then she kissed Larry's little forehead, got up, and called Aunt Lee at the door. "Aunt Lee, take Larry home first."
"Okay!" Aunt Lee nodded with red eyes and took Larry's hand. "Little Young Master, let's go home first!"
Aunt Lee took Larry out of the ward and closed the door. Only then did Wendy stand up slowly with the help of Emily behind her. Her face was pale, but her eyes were shining with infinite hope. Then she said stubbornly, "I just said that Charlie didn't die."
"Wendy, I know how you feel. But since the car was ruined, anyone who stayed inside would have no chance..." Kim could not finish his words. After all, the truth was too cruel for Wendy.
Simon punched on the wall twice, and now the blood on his broken knuckles had clotted. He said in a hoarse voice, "Miss Lim, the police have already investigated the accident. Besides, they had interrogated Madge and made everything clear after her emergency surgery. She confessed all the crimes. It was her who asked someone to trick Charlie into going out by using the church's phone. Then she sneaked into his car and did something to its brake. As a result, they had a car accident on the road bridge. Her purpose was to kill Charlie, so she also put bombs in the car's trunk. The bombs caused the two explosions..."
If there were no bombs, Charlie might have a glimmer of hope of surviving.
Although it was cruel, Simon had to tell her, "Besides, Madge fell from the passenger seat. The police also made some investigations, and there was a witness who saw that Charlie was in the driver's seat holding the steering wheel in his hand when the accident happened..."
"Even if he was in the car, so what?" Wendy licked her cracked lips and asked, trying desperately to prove that he had the chance to stay alive. "Or... Perhaps he escaped before the car exploded. Under the car was the river, so he could jump into the river and survive..."
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