NovelEnglishBook10 Chapterll.
And as soon as she returned, she swept away all of Charles and Aaron's attention.
Al those familial bonds | might have had and the love | had never received were taken fromwithout the
slightest hesitation.
On Aaron's birthday, she announced that she had prepared a grand surprise for him. Without a second thought,
Aaron dashed toward her, leavingbehind.
Charles said Vanessa still didn't like me, so he wouldn't bringalong.
He promised he'd bring Aaron back before sunset to celebrate my birthday with me.
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But that day, they didn't return.
Until midnight, Charles called to say that Aaron had played too hard and fallen asleep. He didn't want to wake
him, so they were resting outside.
In the stillness of the night, | sat at the window for what felt like an eternity.
| remembered Samantha's last words, holding my hand with sadness, asking, "What will you do if no one treats
you well in the future?"
Grandma, | no longer like celebrating my birthday.
Out of politeness, | let Charles and Aaron in and pour them sice water.
Doris fetches a calendar from the caband points to a date circled in red, "This is Mom's birthday."
Aaron looks at me, anxious and uncertain, his eyes glistening, wanting to speak but too afraid to do so.
The two of them, father and son, are so similar in every way, from their looks to their actions. | must have just
contributed the womb, as Aaron doesn't seem to resembleat all.
Charles put the gifts in an available corner and said, "I overlooked it this time; next time="
"Next time, you don't need to prepare any of this," | interrupt him. "Next time, you don't need to cat all."
Charles
tense. After a long get BUS his back to me, his
body finally
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around, "The Call
we talk privately?"
How rare it is for that sentence to cout of his mouth.
| make sdrinks for the two little ones and turn on the TV, tuning it to a children's channel before leading
Charles to the gazebo in the yard.
"It's beautiful here," he remarks, almost awkwardly.
"Thanks for the compliment." | cut to the chase, "If you have something to say, just say it."
"I notice you don't have any other men around you right now," Charles says, "If
you don't mind, could we remarry?"
| stare at him, speechless.
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