The three of them left before Coralie could react.
Coralie could only bring in the three huge suitcases first.
"What is it?"
Hera saw the suitcases and asked.
"They're from Skylar."
Coralie hadn't told Hera about the issues between her and Skylar, and she had no intention of letting her know. If she told Hera about it, it would only add to her worries.
Hera had just finished a heart bypass surgery and was still recuperating, so her body was not in the best condition.
Coralie opened the three suitcases, one by one.
They were all filled with Hendric's items, many of which still had tags attached. It was obvious that they were new.
The clothes were suitable for all of the four seasons. There were a total of 78 pairs of leather shoes, and if those were not enough, there were also casual shoes, sneakers, and even all of Hendric's toiletries.
"These are all yours? It seems that I'll have to buy you a new closet!"
Coralie fished a pair of slippers and a set of casual clothes from the suitcase and gave them to Hendric.
After measuring the size of the house, she planned to go out and buy a new closet for Hendric tomorrow.
When Coralie was sorting his clothes, she found that apart from the clothes that Hendric wore at this age, there were some relatively larger pieces for Hendric to wear when he grew bigger.
It seemed that Skylar was dedicated in taking care of Hendric.
"Mom, I can wear the clothes myself."
After saying that, Hendric changed into slippers and took the clothes into the room. He finished dressing up in only a while.
However, Coralie saw that Hendric wore his pants in the wrong way around, so she helped him take off his pants and fixed it.
When Wayne came back that night and finally met his newly-gained nephew, he immediately took a shine to him.
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The next morning, Coralie bought Hendric a new closet to store his clothes in.
In the afternoon, she arranged her things and changed into a jumpsuit. Coralie was not considered short, so when she wore it with the windbreaker jacket and topped the look off with a simple hairpin in her hair, the result was a lady-like, sophisticated look.
She entrusted Hendric to Hera and labored the point to Hendric, "Your grandma is in poor health. Please don't cause her any trouble." Hendric nodded at her every word.
Only in this way could Coralie be at ease and head out to find Harvey.
Coralie realized that on that day, Harvey's behaviour had signified clearly that he knew about Skylar's news.
When Coralie arrived at the hospital, Harvey was in the office.
Harvey was a shareholder in this private hospital. He only had to treat outpatients for one day in a week. Apart from meetings and academic research, he spent most of the time in the hospital checking on patients.
Coralie went to Harvey's office. Seeing that his office was locked, she chose to wait at the door.
At about 5 o'clock, Harvey came back.
At first, he was surprised to see Coralie standing at the door, but he then turned around and wanted to flee before Coralie could notice him.
"Dr. Felton!"
Unfortunately, Coralie had already seen him at the moment he turned around, hence she stopped him immediately.
"Miss Chariott," he replied.
Harvey had no choice but to turn around and adjusted his glasses awkwardly.
Then he grabbed from his white coat the key to the office and opened the door for Coralie. He invited her in and asked a nurse to make her a cup of tea.
When everything was done, Coralie asked first, "Dr. Felton, since you tried to escape after seeing me, you must have known what I'm here for. Please tell me about Skylar's situation."
Coralie cut to the chase.
"He..." Harvey lowered his head and looked at the phone in his hand. After a long time, he said, "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you."
"Why?" She asked.
"There isn't a why, Miss Chariott. Actually, I understand that it's not easy for you and Skylar to persevere through all of this, but this is Skylar's decision. The least you could do is to respect his decision," he explained.
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