Chapter 249
As usual, Charlene remained calm.
With Thorne’s memory, recalling these details was no big deal,
The fact that Thorne had prepared all of this was probably just his way of thanking them for visiting Irma.
Nothing more.
After finishing their meal, Charlene and Helena stayed for another hour before deciding it was time to leave.
Seeing it was getting late, Irma didn’t insist on them staying. She turned to Thorne and said, “You and Minnie should head home early too.”
“Alright,” Thorne replied, “I’ll come by in the morning to check on you,”
Charlene, Thorne, and the others left the hospital room together.
Once they were in the elevator, Thorne asked, “Did you drive yourself here?”
Charlene nodded, “Yeah.”
Thorne didn’t say anything more, but Jasmine suddenly remembered something and quickly asked Charlene, “Mom, are you not coming home tonight either?”
Charlene replied, “No, I’m taking your grandma back home and plan to stay over there tonight.”
“Then I want to stay at Grandma’s too!”
Though Jasmine had grown closer to Thorne lately, in Helena’s heart, Jasmine was always Charlene’s daughter.
Hearing Jasmine wanting to stay at the Ross‘, Helena warmly agreed, “Of course, sweetheart.”
Since Helena had already agreed, Charlene felt she couldn’t say no. However, she reminded Jasmine, “You don’t have any clothes to change into at grandma’s.”
Before Jasmine went abroad with Thorne, Charlene often took her to the Ross‘, and back then, Jasmine had a whole wardrobe of clothes there, thanks to her mom and aunt Maisie.
However, in the past couple of years, Jasmine’s visits to the Ross‘ had significantly decreased. Kids grow fast, and Charlene and Maisie hadn’t kept up with updating her wardrobe like before.
So now, there were no clothes that fit her at the Ross‘.
“Really?” Jasmine pouted, “Then-”
At that moment, Thorne chimed in, “I’ll call someone to drop off some clothes for you.”
Charlene paused but didn’t say anything more.
Jasmine was thrilled, “Yay, I can sleep with Mom tonight!”
Outside the hospital, Jasmine happily climbed into Charlene’s car while Thorne walked over to his own car and handed Jasmine her backpack.
Jasmine took it with a cheerful, “Thanks, Dad!”
Thorne ruffled her hair gently, glancing at Charlene in the driver’s seat. Charlene didn’t look back but told Jasmine, “Minnie, say goodbye to Dad.”
Jasmine obediently said, “Goodbye, Dad.”
“Goodbye.”
As Thorne’s voice faded, Charlene rolled up the window, turned the car around, and drove away.
11:01
Chapter 24.
By the time they reached the Ross‘, Jasmine’s clothes had already been delivered.
As Jasmine dashed upstairs, Helena turned to Charlene and remarked, “It’s good that he doesn’t limit your time with Minnie.”
Helena had worried that with custody on Thorne’s side, he might prevent Charlene from seeing Jasmine.
If that happened over time, there was a risk of the mother and daughter growing distant.
For any mother, that was a heartbreaking thought.
Charlene didn’t explain further to Helena, simply nodding and suggesting she rest early before heading upstairs herself.
The next morning.
The Ross family and Jasmine were having breakfast downstairs.
Suddenly, there was a notification from the security post out front–they had a visitor.
Charlene glanced outside and saw it was Thorne’s car.
