Chapter 834
As soon as Meredith realized she was in Crest Care Hospital, she quickly kept her head lowered and avoided bumping into people who know her. Regardless of that, she was too naive. At that point when her name got entered into the hospital’s computer, the doctor immediately noticed it. In addition, her name was not that common so the doctor quickly presumed it was the Meredith that he thought of. By the time, the doctor saw her face, he could confirm that it was her.
When Josiah received the information from the hospital, he was playing sparkles with Nia by the river. His mind went blank for a minute. Then he immediately called Nia who was playing happily with the other kids, “Nia, Daddy needs to deal with an urgent matter. Can I let Uncle Walter send you back home first?”
“What?” Nia’s smile disappeared from her face immediately. She said sadly, “But you said you would bring me to have supper and have fun in the igloo!”
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“I’ll bring you out for supper tomorrow. And the igloo is a fake igloo. I’ll get someone to build a real igloo for you tomorrow. Okay?” Josiah rubbed Nia’s head with tenderness. “I’m sorry. I did not keep my promise this time. I promise I won’t do it again.”
There was nothing else Nia could say when Josiah looked so sincere and sorry. Thus, she said sadly,” Why is everyone treating me like this now? Papa Charlie does not like to play with me anymore and you always rain check on me.”
Josiah looked at Nia’s sad face and asked, “Papa Charlie doesn’t like to play with you anymore?”
“Yes. But I don’t blame him. I know he is in a bad mood because he can’t walk anymore,” Nia replied.
Josiah hesitated for a while before continuing asking, “Then has Papa Charlie ever hit you?”
Normally, Josiah would not ask Nia this type of question because he did not want Nia to get involved in the feud between the adults.
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