The Apple of My Eye

Chapter 2098 An Incompetent Mother

Sheryl's phone suddenly started ringing in the car.

It was the Kindergarten teacher. She knew that she was late picking up her children. And here was the

teacher calling her to remind her of her own children.

"Hello, teacher. I'm coming now. I'll be at the kindergarten soon," Sheryl quickly explained at once as

she picked up her phone.

Clark's kindergarten teacher replied, "All right, Ms. Xia. Clark and Shirley are playing in the drawing

room. I will tell them to wait for you patiently."

"All right. Thank you, teacher. I will be at the kindergarten in 10 minutes," Sheryl replied.

After hanging up, she felt annoyed. They were caught up in heavy traffic.

If she had known beforehand of Isla's scheme, she would have gone to the kindergarten to pick up her

children much earlier. Now, they were caught up in heavy traffic. Damian's car couldn't move much

anymore, and she was in low spirits.

Damian looked at Sheryl's face. He could tell that she was worried about her children. He tried

comforting Sheryl, saying, "Don't worry. Now that the teacher has called you, she knows that you are

on your way. She will take good care of the children."

"I see," Sheryl replied moodily.

In fact, she didn't blame anyone. She was upset with herself. She felt like she was an incompetent

mother. She had stayed in the hospital for a few days to recuperate. However, once she had gotten

home, she still couldn't take good care of children. It was her fault, and nobody else's.

Damian realized that Sheryl was in a bad mood. He didn't know what she was thinking. All he could

guess was that Sheryl was unhappy because they had seen a movie together. He didn't dare to say

anything more to her.

In fact, Isla had suggested that he go to the cinema and meet Sheryl, telling him that this would make

Sheryl happy. At first, he had been very excited at this prospect.

But then he had thought again that maybe Sheryl wouldn't be happy to see him, so he refused Isla

gently. But he hadn't expected that Isla would call him back so suddenly. She had explained that an

urgent situation that had just come up, and she hoped that he could help her by picking up Sheryl. Of

course, he had promised without hesitation and had hurried to do it.

When he had arrived at the cinema and saw Sheryl's beautiful face, he couldn't take his eyes off her.

Right then and there, he had made up his mind.

He knew that he couldn't live his life without Sheryl anymore. He was now determined not to give up so

easily.

While Damian was reflecting on the earlier events of the day, he glanced at Sheryl's gloomy

expression. Her downcast face hurt him, and he wanted her to be happy. He decided the best thing for

him to do was to focus on driving. Inside the car, not a sound could be heard.

Meanwhile, Charles was driving to pick up his mom. When he arrived at the road his mom had told him

to go to, he saw her standing, by the side of the road, waiting for him.

"Mom, get in the car." Charles opened the door for his mom.

Seeing her son, Melissa became very happy. She hurriedly shouted out his name, "Charles!"

After Melissa got into the car, she looked through the window. Turning back she saw that Charles was

watching her.

"Why are you staring at me?" Melissa asked, feeling puzzled. Content property of NôvelDra/ma.Org.

In fact, she knew why Charles was staring at her. She hardly went shopping in this area. Furthermore,

Clark and Shirley's kindergarten was on this road.

In fact, she didn't want to go shopping anymore. She just wanted to see her grandchildren. If Charles

had any doubts about her reason for being there, she would tell him.

As she had expected, Charles couldn't help but ask her, "Mom, why were you shopping here?"

"I'll tell you why! I want to see my grandchildren. Do you hear? My grandchildren!" Melissa explained in

a sad and angry tone.

Charles didn't say anything. He just stared ahead and kept silent. Melissa didn't know what he was

thinking now, but she didn't like his silence.

Melissa was very angry as Charles kept silent. When she mentioned Sheryl and their two children,

Charles always kept silent. She was confused and hurt.

She knew that Charles couldn't forget about his children, let alone Sheryl. But she also knew he

refused to recognize his feelings and pretended not to care about them.

Charles knew that Melissa was angry now. He felt angry and sorrowful, as well. He said, "I don't stop

you when you want to see the children. If you want to see them, go and see them."

"But you need to see them as well, Charles! Clark and Shirley miss their father. Don't you understand?

You play an important role in their lives. They need to see you. Can't you see that?" Melissa exclaimed

heatedly, and emotionally to her son.

Charles kept silent, and a dark look crossed his face.

He understood it clearly.

That was because his father had died early in his childhood. He grew up without a father's love. He had

sworn that he would take good care of his own children, but how much that had changed.

Charles didn't say anything after Melissa had lost her temper. She knew that Charles was very sad

now. But she had just wanted to advise him to see his own children.

"Charles, let's see the children together, all right?" Melissa suggested, suddenly but softly.

To her surprise, Charles didn't refuse this time. He nodded without saying anything.

"Charles, my son, I was just emotional, and that is why I said those angry words. Please forgive me. I

am sorry..."

"It's nothing at all, mom," Charles sighed. "I know what you are trying to say."

'You know this? But why haven't you seen your children yet?'

Melissa refuted in her mind. She would never have said this to her son. She didn't want to make her

son sadder.

They were lucky. They didn't get caught up in the heavy traffic. As soon as they arrived at the

kindergarten, they saw many parents picking up their own children.

"Charles, you can pick up the children. I will wait for you in the car," Melissa said.

Charles hesitated for a while. He had not seen his children for a long time. He missed them very much.

But he was afraid that his children would have missed him less.

"Mom, you pick them up..."

"Stop. You are here now. Don't you want to see them? If you don't hurry up, you won't be able to see

them." Melissa urged him to go inside the school.

Charles had nothing left to do but nod his head in agreement. He knew that Sheryl was staying in the

hospital and that Joan would come here to pick up the children. He could be reassured that he would

not meet Sheryl here.

He opened the door and got out of the car. Then he walked towards the kindergarten directly. He didn't

want to idle his time away.

After Charles walked away from the car, Melissa took out her phone and called Sheryl.

Sheryl was very anxious at being in this heavy traffic. She even wished she could fly now.

All of a sudden, her phone rang, knocking her back from her thoughts.

Sheryl took out her phone and saw that Melissa was calling.

"Hello, Mrs. Lu."

"Sher, I am not busy today, so I decided to come to the kindergarten to see Clark and Shirley today.

Well, you can tell Joan not to pick up them. I will bring them home today. After they have dinner, I will

bring them back to your apartment. Don't worry, Sher," Melissa said.

"Mrs. Lu, why do you...?" Sheryl felt surprised. Why did Melissa want to pick up the children?

"I miss my grandchildren very much. Nancy has made the dinner that they like best. So I want to pick

them up and have dinner with them at Dream Garden. Do you mind?"