Chapter 2103 One More Time
"Sheryl, you didn''t do anything wrong. Do you know how I''ve wished you''d call me that? I''ve even
dreamed about it, Sher. I am so excited to hear you call me that!" Melissa burst into joyful tears.
Sheryl was a bit embarrassed. She was still so worried about Shirley, and she just wanted to see her
daughter, but Melissa was getting emotional, so she didn''t want to say anything yet.
As Sheryl kept silent, Damian was getting agitated.
"Sher, how''s Shirley?" The instant Damian heard Sheryl address Melissa as ''mom, '' his heart skipped a
beat. Sheryl couldn''t ask about Shirley anymore because Melissa was so caught up with how Sheryl
had called her. So he purposely asked this question so they could finally know what had happened to
Shirley.
"Who''s this?" Melissa was startled to see a stranger suddenlye in.
He seemed to be close to Sheryl as he called her by her nickname.
It was only then that Sheryl remembered that Damian was with her. She then introduced him to
Melissa, "Aunt Melissa, this is Damian, my... my friend." She gestured to Damian. "This is Aunt Melissa,
rk''s grandmother." She then gestured to Melissa.
"Nice to meet you!" Damian greeted Melissa courteously, even though he could sense that Melissa
really didn''t want him here.
As petty as Melissa was, she didn''t greet him at all as she could tell that Damian liked Sheryl as more
than a friend.
"Sher, what do we do now? Shirley''s still in the hospital. I''m so worried." Melissa seized Sheryl''s hand,
her eyes turning red.
Sheryl could understand that Melissa was worried about Shirley, so she just ignored that she had been
a bit impolite to Damian just now. She pacified her by saying, "Mom, don''t worry. Just tell me what
happened as I really don''t know what happened yet..."
"Okay, okay. So after dinner…" Melissa narrated the whole thing to Sheryl.
When Melissa was done telling the story, Sheryl eximed, "Shirley had dessert and ice cream after
dinner?"
"Yes. The kids loved it. I even asked Nancy to give them one more serving of ice cream. rk was fine,
but Shirley''s stomach began to hurt. She was sweating profusely, so I was scared..." Melissa then
started regretting giving the kids ice cream.
"Mom, you''re…" Sheryl couldn''t help herself. "You didn''t know that Shirley can''t have cold food?
Especially ice cream? She had hot soup during dinner, and then she had ice cream immediately after?
No wonder she got a stomachache!"
Sheryl wasn''t able to control the me in her voice. Melissa lowered her head apologetically. She knew
it was her fault. She didn''t know that Shirley couldn''t have cold food. It hadn''t been her intention to get
her granddaughter sick.
Sheryl realized she might have been too harsh on Melissa, especially since she was visibly remorseful.
Damian couldn''t help but feel uneasy upon hearing that Sheryl had referred to Melissa as mom multiple
times.
''She''s already divorced from Charles. Why is she still calling Melissa mom? I hate it!'' he thought to
himself.
rk noticed that his grandma looked remorseful, and his mom seemed upset too. Trying to fix the
situation, he said, "Mom, Grandma, let''s not talk about it anymore. Should we visit Shirley? She must
be missing you already, Mom."
rk was right on time. "Mom," Sheryl said urgently, "I''m going to the hospital. Can you watch rk for
now?"
"Okay," Melissa replied. "Don''t worry about it. You should leave now. Remember to call Charles first.
He''s the one who took Shirley to the hospital."
"Okay." Sheryl nodded. Then she turned to rk. "rk, you should be a good boy and listen to
grandma. Mom''s going to visit Shirley."
"Mom, don''t worry about me. I''ll be alright," rk replied.
Not wanting to waste any time, Sheryl then headed out of the house.
Damian gestured a quick goodbye before he followed behind Sheryl.
Melissa frowned as soon as they both left.
''I wonder what their rtionship is. Why does he keep following her?'' she wondered.
rk noticed that Melissa seemed upset or rather bothered. He figured it had something to do with
Shirley, so he said, "Grandma, don''t me yourself. Mom''s going to visit Shirley, and she will be fine!"
Melissa snapped out of her trance and fondly caressed rk''s head. She nodded and said in
agreement, "That''s true. She''ll be fine!" Still, she couldn''t get her mind off Sheryl and Damian. She then
decided to ask rk.
"rk, I''m just a bit confused, so I have a question for you. Can you answer me honestly?" Melissa
asked seriously as she knelt down to look rk in the eye.
rk slowly nodded his head.
"Do you know who that man is that Sheryl was with?" Melissa inquired.
rk nodded his head again. "Yes. He''s my mom''s friend."
"Would you know more than that?" Melissa pressed. The question might have been tooplicated for
a little boy to grasp. Upon noticing the dumbfounded look rk had on his face, Melissa rephrased her
question. "Hmm, what I''m trying to ask is, do they often see each other? Are they very close?"
This was the best way Melissa could think of putting it. Initially, she wanted to ask rk if Damian was
Sheryl''s boyfriend, but she was worried that rk might get confused.
rk answered in the only way he knew how. "Yes, he''s very close to mom. When we traveled abroad,
mom would invite him to our house, and he would bring us food. We love him. He''s great!"
Melissa wasn''t pleased to hear this. While she really wanted to know more about the two, it also irked
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her to hear stories about them.
rk wanted to tell Melissa more, but it seemed that she didn''t want to hear it anymore.
Based on rk''s stories, Melissa knew that Damian had feelings for Sheryl.
''Hmm, it looks like this guy is even betterpetition than the guy who had sent Sheryl flowers. He''s
chosen a foolproof way of getting closer to Sheryl. I''m sure he''s looking for every chance he could get
to be with Sheryl, '' Melissa pondered inwardly.
The more she thought about it, the more anxious she became. If Shirley wasn''t in the hospital right
now, she would have called Charles and told him all about this.
She wanted to warn Charles about Damian.
rk was starting to get confused. ''Why does grandma look like this?
Didn''t she want to hear the stories? Why would she make me tell her if she didn''t want to hear them in
the first ce?'' he wondered.
He then realized how much he didn''t know about being an adult. ''It must be difficult to be an adult, '' he
thought to himself.