Chapter 1358 Charles'' Cold Attitude
Reminiscing the memories she had when Sheryl was a little kid, she always admired other kids who
were cradled and caressed by their mothers. Even though she was too young to understand many
things, she knew that those kids were lucky to be so loved and protected. In her desire not to trigger
self-pity, she would pretend as if she didn''t care. While, in fact, deep inside her, she would always hide
in a corner and stare at pictures of mothers and kids from books and magazines, and envied them.
Sometimes when she saw them in public, she even wanted to get close to them and steal a little bit of
love from these kids.
All her life while growing up she had several questions in mind like, why did her mother dislike her and
abandon her? Was it because she was not good enough? She couldn''t help thinking about it. However,
as time healed everything, she learned to embrace the truth and just move on with her life leaving
those questions unanswered.
Now, reminiscing all these memories, she remembered how she wanted to be loved and protected like
other kids! How she wanted her mother to return to her! Thus, she worked hard and tried to achieve
everything perfectly on her own since she was young, hoping to bring her mother back.
However, when she grew up a little bit, she realized that no matter what she would do, her mother
would never take notice of her. Though that fact was frustrating, she learned to ept it gradually, like
she always did while growing up. To beat the loneliness and envy, she justforted herself by being
grateful to her grandma who loved her more than anything, which was enough for her. As time went by,
she abandoned the idea of winning her mother''s love and lived happily with her grandma. During those
times, she felt quite contented even without her mother.
However, from that moment on, she had made a decision, a promise to herself that, if she would have
kids in the future, she would give them all the love she had and even protect them with her own life, to
make up for her loss during her childhood. She didn''t want her kids to suffer the same fate she had
endured, for she knew how painful and deste it felt to be abandoned by your own parents.
However, to her despair, by the way things turned out now, it appeared that she couldn''t even protect
her babies! Worst was, now she had Shirley missing, and she had no idea where she was or whether
she was in a good condition or not. Thinking about these, she realized that she wasn''t even a qualified
mother like her own mother had been. Loads of thoughts were crossing her minds, and Sheryl closed
her eyes miserably.
"Sher, get up and take some pills. These will help you rx," Nancy said softly. All of a sudden, she
was pulled back to reality by Nancy''s words. Sheryl opened her eyes and saw Nancy blowing cold the
hot water in the cup while handing her some pills on the other hand. She couldn''t help but feel warmed
and touched by Nancy''s gesture of kindness.
Determined to stay with her in case she needed her, Nancy didn''t notice Sheryl''s absent-mindedness.
She came over to Sheryl, helped her sit up, and put a pillow under her back to let her lean on the
headboard. With her position right now, Sheryl felt much morefortable. However, Nancy was
bothered that her skin felt warm as she held on her while helping her to get up. Instinctively, she
touched the palm of her hands to her forehead to check if she was having a fever. Walking over to the
medicine cab, Nancy took out a thermometer to take her temperature.
"Oh my goodness, its 38.5 degrees!" Seeing that the temperature reading was high, Nancy screamed
as she held on the thermometer. Sheryl had a severe fever. Nancy panicked and told Sheryl to take the
pills immediately. Then she rushed out to call Charles over the phone to let him know about Sheryl''s
condition.
The phone rang for a long time, but nobody answered. After a few tries, Nancy still got no answer, but
when Nancy almost gave up, Charles picked up the phone.
"Mr. Lu, it''s urgent! Sheryl is seriously sick and has a high fever. Are you avable to go home and
apany her?" By heart, Nancy knew that Sheryl got sick because of Shirley''s disappearance and
Charles'' attitude to her. She hoped that Charles could go home to be with Sheryl, which could possibly
relieve Sheryl''s pain at least to some extent.
Even though Charles had turned the cold shoulder on Sheryl recently, Nancy knew how much they
loved each other as reflected by the passionate way they lived their daily life. Not in her wildest
imaginations would she think that Charles would leave Sheryl alone like that after knowing her
condition.
On the other end of the line, Charles heard Nancy''s words as well as the noise of the mild breeze.
''Maybe she is on the balcony now when she makes the call, '' Charles thought randomly.
Restraining himself, however, he couldn''t give her a positive answer, because he knew that he must be
tough and shouldn''t be softened this time. He must show Sheryl that he could stand not talking to her
and lending a deaf ear to her.
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Though honestly, Charles'' heart skipped a beat as he heard from Nancy that Sheryl was sick. The pain
started from his heart and then spread across his limbs as he was soberly worried sick. He was
tortured by his love and affection towards Sheryl.
While still holding the phone to his ear, Charles creased his eyebrows and closed his eyes. He bit his
lower lip and kept silent. After a while, he gathered enough strength and made the difficult decision to
refuse Nancy. He heard his emotionless words echo in the room as he spoke, and the voice was so
strange that he could barely recognize that it was his own voice.
"Nancy, I have to deal with my business now, so I can''t go home. You just call the family doctor and
send for him to check Sheryl up. Sorry but I have to go now." Charles ended the call right away. He was
afraid that if he continued speaking to Nancy over the phone, he would expose his real emotions and
betray his own front.
However, Charles wasn''t able to deal with anything now knowing that Sheryl needed him right now and
that he ought to be home with her. Subsequently, he looked at the pile of papers on his desk, lost his
head and his heart was upied by Sheryl''s pale face. He was so worried about her that he almost
went crazy. Walking back and forth, he couldn''t resist the urge to rush home to her.
However, he told himself repeatedly that he must be patient now. The great n that he had required
his forbearance. After about half an hour of torment, he finally managed to focus on his business and
put himself at ease.
Meanwhile, at the mansion, Nancy was utterly shocked by Charles'' cold remarks. She felt terribly sorry
for Sheryl. She knew that aside from the physical pain she was suffering now, the much greater pain
was to be left alone by someone whom she trusted the most. Worst was hemitted to be with her in
sickness or in health, yet now he was nowhere near.
Living with them for a long time, Nancy had witnessed how Sheryl had been a survivor in life. She knew
clearly how Sheryl suffered for this family. She almost sacrificed her dignity. However, Melissa kept
picking on her. Nancy had thought that Sheryl''s sacrifice was worthwhile since Charles loved her so
much. But now it turned out that his love was as unpredictable as a breeze of wind. It just disappeared
all of a sudden. Poor Sheryl! She was failed by this family and her own husband. She didn''t deserve it.
Thinking about all these, Nancy felt angry and sad for the injustice that Sheryl suffered. But what else
could she do? Thus, Nancy couldn''t help but sigh helplessly. Walking back to Sheryl''s room, Nancy
didn''t want to hurt Sheryl even more, thus she decided to keep the call a secret.
Engulfing a heap of air, she reminded herself to calm down and pretended as if nothing had happened.
Rummaging through the contact numbers on her phone this time, Nancy called the family doctor and
set up an appointment for checking Sheryl up.
When Nancy returned to Sheryl''s bedroom, she had fallen asleep in bed. Nancy was so concerned
about her, and she used a wet cotton swab to moisten Sheryl''s dry lips. Though lying calmly and
peacefully, Sheryl still looked ill even at her deep slumber. Her eyebrows were tightly creased and a
frown was drawn on her face. Her hands were clutched to fists and her eyshes trembled from time
to time as if she was in a nightmare.
Looking at her, Nancy could tell that Sheryl was indeed suffering a lot. She wanted to open her eyes,
but she was too weak to even lift her eyelids. Even though she was conscious and could hear
everything around her, she couldn''t move a single part of her body nor even lift a finger. Her body was
so numb that it felt like something weighing up to a thousand pounds was pressed against her, making
it difficult for her to breath. Fatigue, pain, and destion swept her all over.
In the darkness of the night, though her eyes were shut closed, she heard light footstepsing from
afar. It was getting closer and closer, like the call of Death. She struggled to open her eyes, but she
couldn''t do so nor even make a sound. Desperation rose in her mind, then finally she decided to give
up and ept whatever was toe to her. In her struggle, she lost her consciousness and was
swallowed by darkness.
The family doctor arrived about half an hourter. One minute before Nancy called him, he received a
call from Charles requesting him to attend to Sheryl immediately.
On the phone, Charles sounded rmed and worried as he asked him to go to Dream Garden
immediately because Sheryl got sick. Charles told him briefly that Sheryl had a fever, and that he must
set out as soon as possible. He could tell that Charles was deeply concerned about his wife, for his
voice was even trembling.