"Isn't it because he still treats Christopher as his brother?" Avery felt that there was nothing strange about this matter. "Besides, when it comes to dealing with people like Christopher, it's more satisfying to destroy his confidence than sending him to jail."
"Anyway, you can ask around for a little bit. Tell me if the result turns out to be the same as how you expected."
"No problem," Avery immediately agreed.
The next day.
When Charlotte arrived at Avery's house, Olive had already woken up, but Avery was still sleeping.
It was already past nine o'clock. Normally, he should have woken up. Moreover, they had already talked about this yesterday. Avery really had no concept of time.
Olive tidied up her backpack and brought her homework as well as toys. Because she wasn't sure what Sheryl liked, so she filled up the entire bag. Charlotte sat beside her. Seeing that she was busy, she couldn't help but ask, "Olive, do you usually like studying that much?" "Yeap. I like studying," Olive said with a nod.
"Why?" "Because only by studying hard can one's destiny be changed," Olive answered matter-of-factly.
Charlotte didn't expect a child to have this kind of awareness at such a young age, so she could only sigh. "You have to work hard, alright."
Olive nodded.
The two of them waited for a while before Avery finally woke up. He got dressed, but he didn't appear to be in a good mental state. He seemed to have had another nightmare. Avery would often complain to Charlotte that he would have all kinds of nightmares.
His dreams were bizarre too. For example, he once dreamt that a cat he had for five years ran away from home or that he was locked up in a place like a confinement island while battling with others to survive. All in all, his peculiar dreams came one after another.
"Didn't you sleep well?" Charlotte got up and asked worriedly.
"It's not because I didn't sleep well. I straight up had an amazing sleep," Avery answered meekly. "I dreamed that Olive and Irena were shopping hand in hand, and then they were... Forget it. I'm already used to it. Maybe it's because I already think that Olive is my child, so I began to worry about her
safety."
"Dreams and reality are usually the opposite."
True. They were the opposite.
Therefore, Olive could never hold hands with Irena. Therefore, Irena no longer existed. Therefore,...
There were too many reasons. That was why dreams and reality were the opposite.
Charlotte's words comforted Avery, but at the same time, he also became more dispirited. Whether it was words or things, or people, they all had two sides. And this double-sidedness would often crush someone when they tried to save another someone.
Charlotte dropped Avery off at the shopping mall next to the location where he had agreed to meet Elaine.
"I'll walk around here for a little bit. You can take Olive with you." Avery unbuckled his seat belt and said, "I'll call you immediately if I need anything." "All right."
Avery sat in the car for a while. After making sure that no one was following him, he got out of the car.
Charlotte did not lower her guard too. She drove around the city center a few times before leaving with Olive. After all, it wouldn't be worse if someone was following her car instead of Avery.
When she was driving around for a bit, she bought some cakes and invited Olive to have breakfast.
"It's so delicious." Olive held the sandwich tightly in her hands.
"Slow down. You can buy another one if you want to."
"Is that alright?"
"Of course."
Olive immediately ran over to buy another one. But of course, Charlotte had given her some money.
As she watched the little girl eat ravenously, Charlotte couldn't help but think of Sheryl. She didn't know how she was doing now and if she was missing her.
Soon, the two of them finished their breakfast. After making sure that no one was stalking them, Charlotte brought Olive to the Fuller Residence.
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