"I'm sorry." Charles White reached out and pulled her into his arms, holding her tightly, looking down at her reddened eyes.
"I don't want to hear your apologies..." Zoe Yale covered her ears with her hands, resisting and trying to push him away.
But Charles White held her tightly, not letting go.
"My mother's illness has worsened, she's still in the Intensive Care Unit, I didn't mean to abandon you!"
"..." Zoe Yale was stunned.
His mother's condition has worsened...
"Yes, my mother's situation is very bad. This time I came back not just to explain things to you, but also to bring you home with me." Charles White met her crystal clear eyes, speaking directly.
"Home?" Zoe Yale was even more dumbfounded, as if she couldn't understand what Charles White was saying.
Going home with him to see his mother, but why should she go home with him to see his parents, it felt like...