Single Mom's Sweet Husband (Charlotte) novel Chapter 53

Sheryl looked up to find Elaine Emerson.

She wore a hypocritical smile under her thick, delicate makeup. Sheryl was a little frightened by her looks and backed away subconsciously.

By now, Charlotte had already caught up to her daughter.

However, she took no notice of Elaine as she grabbed Sheryl's hand and chastised, "Sheryl, you mustn't run around! There are so many people here, what if you meet a bad guy?"

Sheryl didn' t utter a word in response. Instead, she cowered behind her.

Charlotte raised a suspicious eyebrow at Sheryl's strange reaction. Just then, Elaine spoke. "So, you're Sheryl! What an adorable little girl you are."

Hearing this voice, Charlotte raised her head. Instantly, her face darkened.

"What are you doing here?" asked Charlotte with a scoff.

'Neat,' Elaine thought. Before she could hunt Charlotte down, she had taken the initiative to deliver herself to her doorstep.

Elaine smiled. "Lottie, why are you being so defensive? We used to be the best of friends."

"Mommy, are you two best friends?” asked Sheryl in a whisper.

Charlotte peered down at her daughter and shook her head unhesitatingly.

The last thing she wanted to hear in her life was the fact that Elaine and she used to be tight.

To her, this was perhaps the most shameful aspect of her life.

Charlotte couldn't find the right words for Elaine. She simply sneered and sidestepped Elaine to leave with Sheryl.

"Your father wants to see you. You saw him at the hospital last time around - his body isn't going to hold for much longer." Elaine's voice invaded Charlotte's ears from behind and her footsteps came to a halt.

Hearing the mention of Charlotte's father, Sheryl unwittingly said, "My grandpa?"

Tears welled up in Charlotte' s eyes immediately.

She used to despise her father into her bones.

But now that she was a mother herself, she realized exactly how much her father had been through.

Adding to the scene she had seen in the ward, she suddenly didn't feel as much hatred toward him anymore.

Seeing Charlotte frozen in her tracks, Elaine was treacherously delighted that she had managed to pull off her scheme.

She knew deep down that Charlotte had never truly let go of her past, of the Emerson family. Else, she wouldn't have shown up at the hospital in the middle of the night.