Substitute Her to Love You (Charlotte and Patrick)

Chapter 364

Shelton put his cell phone into his pocket, looked at me, and shook his head, saying, "No. I've called the Dean of the Oasis Hospital. He said that it happened 30 years ago. At that time, it wasn't as informative as the Internet Age now. Moreover, the man came with cash. So there was no way to check his identity."

"Did he pay by cash?" I couldn't help feeling a little incredulous, saying, "According to the nurse, the man paid 50 years' hospitalization fees in one go. Moreover, there were all kinds of other expenses. Thirty years ago, it would cost at least a million dollars. At that time, he could afford to present that much cash...”

The more I thought about it, the more complicated I thought the man was.

Hearing what I said, Shelton wasn't moved in the slightest. He nodded and said, "With my guessing, if the man didn't fail in his business, he should be a big shot in City Y now."

Nobody surely would pay for my mother's hospitalization for no reason.

However, there were two exceptions. As Patrick once said, someone was good to another person either because of the feelings or the benefit.

My mother had gone mad at that time. After she was sent to the Oasis Hospital, the man went there to pay her fees. What he had done made me ascertain his identity.

That was, he was my biological father.

I lowered my eyes and thought for a moment. Then I said, "Forget it. In fact, it makes no difference whether I can find the man or not."

My mother was fine when she left home. However, when she returned home, she had been mentally unconscious.

The fact that the Reid Family had taken the babies away wasn't what drove my mother crazy.

Instead, it was the last straw crushing her.

Those days after she left Archaic Architecture Sect and stayed with my biological father should be what had irritated her fundamentally.

Moreover, he clearly knew what would happen to my mother if she was sent here. But he ignored this, paid fifty years' hospitalization fees for her, and left.

He should be quite merciless in his heart.

With such a man being my biological father, I thought that it made no difference to me as for who he was.

Shelton had the same guess as I did. He reached out and took me in his arms. Gently patting me on the back with his warm palm, he said, "Okay, it's your call. In the future, I will take care of your mother with you. She has been living such a hard life for the first half of her life. And we should treat her well over the second half of her life."

Hearing Shelton's words, I was warm-hearted.

Once again, he perfectly grasped the point that I cared about. As I was held in his arms and heard him out, I was thinking in my heart, "Because of this point alone, I probably should be with him for a lifetime."

At this time, Shelton, who was holding me in his arms, continued, "From now on, you can visit her here at any time. Didn't you tell her that you would hire her a teacher? I will hire a psychologist to act as a teacher. After she becomes a little better, I will buy her a house in a residential quarter and let her live next to us. In this way, we can often see her."

"Thank you." I looked up at Shelton in a daze.

For a moment, I felt inexplicably complicated in my heart.

Before, I had been thinking that I loved Patrick and that I was waiting for him to go back to my side.

However, Shelton's words made me waver.

Sometimes, I hate myself like this so much.

Shelton bent down slightly and kissed my forehead, "You are my wife. I am willing to do anything for you."

After leaving the hospital, I called Ryan in Shelton's car.

When I told Ryan about this matter, he was silent for a few seconds overthe phone before saying, "I'll buy the ticket and go over now."

I wasn't surprised at all by his words.

It was what Ryan would do.

Ryan spoke loudly over the phone. Moreover, It was pretty quiet inside the car. Shelton seemed to hear his words and glanced at me out of the corner of his eyes, "Is Mr. Ryan coming over?"

I nodded.

Shelton immediately said, "Then I'll arrange a room for him on the top floor of the rehabilitation center."

"Well, sorry to trouble you."

I was grateful for Shelton's attentiveness.

As we were about to arrive home. I suddenly remembered something and said to Shelton, "Can you take me somewhere?" Material © of NôvelDrama.Org.

"Yes, I can." Shelton nodded.

I got an address online and sent it to him.

Shelton immediately turned the car around and went there with me.

As he turned the car around, he raised his hand and looked at me with some displeasure, saying, "In the future, wherever you want to go, just tell me directly. You don't have to ask my opinion first. I will always be available for you."

I nodded. Only after that did I tell him where I was going.

It was a light and textile market selling cloth and hand-made crafts.

It was New Year Holiday now. I wasn't sure if the market was in operation or not. So I wanted to try my luck.

Soon, the car arrived at the entrance of the light and textile market.

The market was in operation. However, after we were in the market, we found that it was empty and quiet and that most of the stores were closed.

I was unwilling to give up. So I walked from the first floor to the second and then to the third.

Finally, on the third floor, I found a few stores, which were in business, in a corner.

After walking into a store, I purchased a sewing machine, some good-looking fabric, lace, and so on.

After I bought all I needed, Shelton helped me hold the sewing machine. And I went out with him with the cloth in my hands.

In the end, it seemed that Shelton couldn't suppress his curiosity. He asked, "What are these for?"

Each cloth I buy is of only one meter at most.

So was the lace.

In the end, I collected a pile of fabric leftovers from the owner of the store.

But I kept him guessing and said mysteriously, "You will know soon."

Back home, I thought about which place to choose for a long time. In the end, I decided to move the desk in the study to the bedroom and put the sewing machine in the study instead.

I wanted to make a few sets of clothes for Jessica's dolls. In my opinion, I probably could get close to her in this way.

I hadn't felt any motherly love since I was a kid. At college, I went to the Archer Family. As I recalled now, I found that Gina disliked me so much.

It was the first time for me to meet my biological

mother.

My mother was in a daze. Even so, when I saw how Jessica caressed the dolls, I knew that she surely was a good mother.

I found a picture on the Internet first and made clothes by myself with Glenn having fun on my side.

Shelton watched me making clothes on the side.

I failed several times in the beginning. After trying seven or eight times, I finally finished making a skirt that looked somewhat out of place and yet qualified.

Shelton finally got up from the sofa in the bedroom, walked over to me, and shook his head, saying, "I didn't expect you to know how to make clothes."

Feeling a little embarrassed, I said, "Yes. At that time, Caroline wasn't in school often. So she asked me to attend the classes for her. As I attended some professional courses on her behalf, I learned how to make clothes a bit. I didn't expect that I could use it one day."

Standing on the side, Shelton listened to me and looked thoughtful.

As Glenn, who wasplaying with the fabric leftovers on the side, heard my words, he suddenly asked, "Mom, who is Caroline? Is she your good friend?"