Chapter 292
The Ross family didn’t have the tradition of staying up to welcome the New Year. By the time Charlene and Nadine got home, Helena and the others were already asleep.
Charlene headed upstairs to her room, and it was just striking midnight.
Her phone had been buzzing for a while.
Messages from Stewart, Granger, and a few folks from PrimeStar she was close with, like Abelard and Hickey, had all sent her New Year’s greetings.
Charlene responded to each of them, including Granger, and even took the initiative to send Kenton and Connie a New Year’s message.
Just then, Abelard sent her another message asking if she was free in the coming days. He mentioned he hadn’t had the chance to properly thank her for something due to his busy schedule and wanted to take her out for a meal.
After chatting with Abelard, Charlene put down her phone and headed to the bathroom to take a shower.
Though visiting Sybil Ross at the nursing home was always a painful ordeal for the Ross family, there was no way they wouldn’t see her on such an important day.
Every New Year’s Day morning, Charlene and Helena would prepare a lavish spread of food to take to the nursing home for Sybil.
This year was no different.
So, on New Year’s morning, Charlene got up early. When she went downstairs, Helena, Vernon, and Maisie were already up.
Seeing her come down, Helena and Maisie handed her a red envelope as a token of good luck.
Helena gently patted Charlene’s cheek, her eyes soft with affection. “May our Charlene have a smooth and blessed year.”
Charlene smiled, “Thanks, Grandma.”
After breakfast, Charlene and Maisie headed into the kitchen and started preparing the ingredients.
Both Helena and Vernon were great cooks, but when it came to cooking for Sybil, they could only assist. Sybil could always tell if they had cooked the meal, which might upset her.
Traditionally, Maisie was in charge on this day. However, once Charlene learned how to cook, they started sharing the responsibility.
Charlene had wanted to learn to cook from a young age for Sybil’s sake, but her grandmother had insisted she wait, not wanting to burden her with adult responsibilities too soon. She wanted Charlene’s childhood to be as carefree and joyful as possible, without being overshadowed by the past.
Two hours later, the table was laden with a feast.
Nadine and Carl helped pack everything up.
With the prepared gifts in hand, the Ross family of six headed to the nursing home.
They had also prepared New Year’s gifts and red envelopes for the doctors and nurses who took care of Sybil.
Sybil was still as frail as ever, her gaze vacant and distant.
Charlene and the others stood where Sybil couldn’t see them, watching her remain indifferent to the gifts the doctors passed along.
Helena’s envelope was placed in her hand by a nurse, but Sybil soon forgot what it was, glanced at it briefly, and tossed it aside.
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She didn’t seem to have much appetite either. Despite the spread of food before her, she only ate a few bites when the nurse put it on her plate.
Before she could try everything, Sybil retreated into her own world once more.
The nurse had to clear the table.
Charlene’s eyes were already welling up with tears.
But she held them back, not wanting to affect everyone else’s mood.
In truth, Helena and the others felt the same way.
After spending about half an hour at the nursing home, they decided it was time to leave.
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The readers' comments on the novel: Unknown Divorce Revelation Beyond Time (Charlene and Thorne)
Stewart and Charlene will the best match, both power players!...
Can't wait to read where Charlene will start another relationship... God for is she gets back with Thorne... She needs to be with York or Gaylord (to annoy vesta) or granger (to annoy Thorne)...
I know its ur story and u obviously have ur own plot line and all and have every right to build the story as u like but what writer provide isnt just entertainment, but they shape the narrative of young minds. So I would say that romanticing cheating is, or rather THORNE'S behaviour, wrong for all the reasons..give york a chance ..that will be way more satisfying...again all of this is just my point of view but if charlene and thorne get back together, its not the story im looking for...
Hey...please dont ever make Charlene and thorne get back together no matter what...he simply doesn't deserve it....no matter the reason or plot twist behind the way he treated his legally wedded wife....whether he actually slept with vesta or not....just his emotional cheating...not repecting his spouse....not caring enough to actually get to know the person his wife was....and actually distancing his child from her mother and encouraging her to bond with the mistress are all the biggest RED FLAGS... when a person enters a contract....he must uphold it no questions asked...its not like if ur partner isnt good enough, ur allowed to cheat..allowed to let a 3rd person in-between....if ur not satisfied with ur partner then u can get a divorce...whats the point of all the wealth, power and brilliance of mind when the ML cant even get his head around this simple fact...So, its fine it he regrets, but charlene shouldn't be with him in any case.....
Enough already. This novel is dragging slowly. Updated with 2 chapters only. REALLY!!! Whoever the author or authors of this novel why is there a delay in penning more chapters? Here’s my question. In reading the comments from others does their opinions matters and/or make a difference? Are comments being monitored? Or is it only a tool allowing readers to blow off steam?...
Long wait to just get an upload of a couple of chapters. Very little progress in the story if any at all! For heaven's sake the story is 453 chapters so far with nothing or little change from where the story began! Show commitment to us your readers and followers please!...
Hi..its my 1st ever time commenting on any story. But seriously....i dont mean to come as rude but are u seriously thinking about the stroy or losing ur grip on the plot and characters...not updating...no story development...no commitment towards ur readers...u just uploaded 2 chapters after god know how long and still nothing to give to the story..if u dont want to write or simply cant then please dont...
The updates are so slow that I forgot the story for some time and just remembered it and read 20 chapters. The chapters are short and the story development is like a snail. 451 chapters and Charlene still couldn't break her image in other's eyes or dealth some serious damage to Vesta and her trash father....
It would be better to say right away that there are 10 chap/month...
Just give us updates already...