Listening to Shirley's words, I truly felt lucky for Shelton.
Fortunately, he returned.
Fortunately, he returned to Shirley's side.
Back to the person who loved him.
Michael Blake was hired as defense counsel in Shelton's case.
I went to find Patrick and asked him about the case. He told me Shelton had locked Emily up for a while, but he soon let her go.
But after that, Emily asked Shelton for money. Shelton gave her some. After Emily spent all the money, she was desperate and went to the police.
She wanted to use this method to force Shelton to give her money.
When I heard Patrick's words, I thought that Emily was too naive.
If this were true, then someone might help her. But it was she who exposed the video in the first place, and everyone knew that. She had made the choice.
Now everything she said just made it worse.
Emily had no money, so she could only find the assigned lawyer to file the lawsuit.
In the first trial three months later, she lost the case outright.
Emily was reluctant and tried to appeal. But she had no money and all the evidence was against her, so Emily had to withdraw her case in the end.
Not long after this Shelton thing, my belly was getting bigger and bigger, and I was about to give birth.
Patrick was worried about me, so he let me stay in the hospital.
On the afternoon of December 31st, I began to feel the throes of childbirth. Soon, I was sent to the delivery room.
Perhaps because I had already given birth to one child, and because this daughter was small size, my birth went exceptionally well. It took me less than half an hour to give birth.
When the baby came out of my belly, I heard the doctor say, "January 1, 0:01 am."
When this time was reported, the doctor and I both smiled.
The doctor cut the umbilical cord, then wiped the baby clean, wrapped her in a coverlet, and placed her in my arms. The doctor said with a smile, "This baby wants to born in the New Year."
"Yeah."
I nodded.
The girl in my arms had a lot of black and bright hair. Her big black eyes had already opened at this time. When she saw me, she looked at me curiously for a while and suddenly laughed.
I froze and laughed along.
The doctor saw it and said, "Oh, I deliver so many children a day, but not many of them smile at birth, people say children who smile at birth are smart."
Hearing the doctor's words, I said with a smile, "Just like her father."
When everything was done, my daughter was taken to the monitoring room and I was sent out of the delivery room.
Patrick was waiting outside. When he saw me, he quickly came over, grabbed my hand and said, "Honey, you've had a long day."
"Not at all. It was fast."
I smiled.
"Mom, mom, where is my little sister?"
Glenn couldn't wait to see her.
Finding that I was the only one came out, he poked his head in anxiety.
I gently patted his head, "After the babies are born, they need to be observed before they can be brought here. You can let daddy take you to see her first."
"I won't go. Let Grandpa take you there." Patrick held me and refused to leave. He gave Sheridan this task.
Apparently, Sheridan was very glad to do so.
He and Melissa brought Glenn to see my little daughter together.
About an hour later, the baby was checked out and was put in a crib for newborns in the hospital and wheeled into my room.
Last time when I gave birth to Glenn, Patrick was not by my side. When he met Glenn, Glenn was already four years old.
He had never seen such a little baby.
When he saw his daughter, Patrick was stunned for a moment and then hid his hands directly behind his back.
He didn't want to hug his daughter at all.
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