"What evidence do you have to prove that the car accident was…caused by Charlie?"Josiah raised up the envelope in his hand and said to the mother and son duo of the Larsons, "Aunt Mary and Charlie, everything in here is the evidence of my car accident. Do you want to take it and have a look?"Meredith was surprised as she looked at the envelope in his hands, and then she reached out her hand as she wanted to snatch it from him.Josiah quickly avoided her hand and said, "What's the matter? Do you still want to protect Charlie at times like this? Do you really want to be abducted and taken abroad by him?""Josiah Shelby! I've said it before that I don't need you to be bothered with my matters!" Meredith said anxiously.She was very disappointed in Charlie and was very angry at him, but she did not wish for him to be arrested."It's my car accident. How can this be your matter?" Josiah looked at Charlie, who was still sitting under the roof from the beginning, and said with clear a
Charlies looked at his mother with a complicated look. "Do you think I can?""Charlie…" Mrs. Larson opened her mouth and there were no words that she could say other than calling her son's name.Ultimately, the only thing she could do was stare at Meredith with resentful eyes. With Charlie's permission, the guard finally unlocked and opened the door. Regardless of that, Meredith did not have the desire to run away as previously. She gazed at Charlie who had a deadpanned look on his face. For the moment there, she did not know what to do.Instead, Josiah pressed her, "What are you waiting for? So he can lock you up again?"Meredith said lightly, "Charlie…I'm sorry. It's my fault. I failed to return your love and trust." She bowed at him and quickly walked to the door.Josiah walked beside Meredith for a few steps then he turned his body back and said to Charlie, "I will come to look for you again to settle with the divorce procedure."Later, Meredith got pulled into the car by Jos
Meredith who was spacing out suddenly moved her eyes and closed them shut again. When she opened her eyes, she had covered her true feelings."Josiah, could you please find a place to let me get down?" she asked."Why do you want to get down?" Josiah glanced at the street from the window. They were not downtown and there was nothing to shop around.Meredith said peacefully, "Thank you for saving me just now. But I want to leave Charlie to be free, not because I want to be together with you. Since the movie is over, then let's part our way.""The movie is over?" Josiah said puzzlingly, "Do you think it was just an act?""What do you expect? That I will appreciate what you did by getting back together with you and marrying you?" Meredith mocked, "Josiah, I'm not a cold-blooded animal. I can't just juggle myself between two men."Josiah knew what kind of person Meredith was. He knew Meredith could not easily let go of her feelings for Charlie so easily. Nevertheless, he comforted he
Suddenly, Josiah reached his hand out to grab Meredith's arm, "Edith."Meredith looked down to look at Josiah's hand with an unfriendly look. Josiah released his hand with instinct and said softly, "It's almost the New Year. Why don't you spend it together with Nia?"Meredith was stunned. 'Oh, that's right. It's almost the New Year. This year will be over soon and Nia will be a year older.'Last year, she celebrated the New Year together with Nia and Charlie but it was not going to happen this year. She took a deep breath with disappointment and said, "I'll let you know before that day.""Alright. Just let me know if you are in any trouble. I will settle it for you," Josiah offered."You don't have to." Meredith opened the door to get off from the car. She closed the door but Josiah did not leave. Thus, she bent down a little and knocked at the window, "Please leave now. I don't want anyone to see it and gossip about us."Josiah leaned back on the seat and lit up a cigarette casu
"Of course not." The woman said coldly, "Mrs. Larson said to return the same amount of times Mister Charlie stabbed himself to you."Meredith was astonished as she shrunk her body instinctively because she saw the two men carrying a knife on their bodies."You…" She slowly walked backward, "Don't you think this is too outrageous? And…have you asked Charlie about this? Did he permit you to do this to me?""Do you think he still has the time to care about you the way he hurt himself?" the woman asked.As Meredith tried to imagine how badly Charlie hurt himself, she slowly calmed herself down and asked, "So how badly did Charlie hurt himself? Did he go to the hospital?""So pretentious," the woman said coldly. Then she spoke to the two men, "We wasted enough time. Do it.""Yes, Ma'am." The two men approached Meredith and pushed her against the wall while pointing the knives at her.Meredith screamed in fear and panic as she saw the shimmering knives, "All of you are crazy! Help—"
Meredith was speechless at Josiah's reply. She shook her head. "This is not a strategy. Charlie is really hurting himself.""You said it yourself too, he is hurting himself. You're not the one who's hurting him. So you don't have to feel sorry for him or else, you'll never walk out from this," Josiah advised. Then he walked her away from the lift. "Let's go.""Where?" Meredith asked."Where do you think? Are you still insisting on staying on your own?" Josiah pointed at the knives on the floor. "Or you want to be captured by them again and let them stab you?"Obviously, Meredith was scared. However, she did not feel good staying with Josiah. If Charlie found out about it, he would definitely feel more upset and hurt himself more."If I was not here in time, you would already be laying on the ground bleeding to death." Josiah did not give her the chance to think twice and stuffed her back into the car.The car was back on the road. Josiah looked to the side to look at Meredith who
And then, Josiah used another hand to grab Meredith's hand to pull her up. He had Nia on one side and Meredith on another side. This happy moment was finally here again after he had missed it for a long time. Hopefully, it would stay this way in the present and future.Originally, Meredith was still reluctant to return back to the mansion. It was not until Nia waved a hand at her that she decided to get into the car. "Mommy, get in the car!"Nia did not know what happened today. She was in a good mood and started to tell her Daddy and Mommy funny stories about school today. Only then did Meredith lighten up her mood as she talked with Nia.Through the mirror, Josiah looked at Meredith and Nia. He was pleased with himself for choosing to pick up Nia. Based on Meredith's characteristics, she might insist on getting off the car if Nia was not around.When Meredith was back in Josiah's mansion, she was awkward. Especially when she reminisced the time when Charlie came over to bring her
Josiah felt like giving himself a big slap. He stared with full attention as Meredith was nowhere in his sight. He lowered his head and saw Nia's curious-looking little face. He placed his hand on her hand and rubbed it. "Mommy is just feeling a little down. She'll be fine after a nap.""Daddy, why is Mommy feeling down? Did she have a fight with Papa Charlie?" Nia asked curiously.She had spent quite an amount of time together with Meredith and Charlie. No matter how nice they hid it, Nia could sense there was a problem between both of them.Josiah saw the worry in Nia's eyes. He denied it instantly, "Of course not. Your mommy is a kind person. She never fights with anyone."Nia gave it a thought and agreed with Josiah. "Then why is Mommy feeling unhappy?""The adult world is very complicated. Maybe it's because of work or friends. If Mommy doesn't feel like talking, then it's not good for us to keep on asking," Josiah explained."Okay," Nia replied."Don't worry. She just need