Chapter 856
Meredith looked distraught the entire night and Charlie started feeling uncomfortable with the fact that Meredith looked distraught and absentminded throughout the entire evening.
Meredith understood what Charlie was implying but still, she insisted, “Charlie, let’s head home now.”
Nia suddenly grabbed Meredith’s hand and said, “Mommy, Papa Charlie, can we stay here instead?”
“Why?”
“I want to spend time with my great-grandma. She looks exhausted after a long day. And I want to visit Daddy at the hospital with my great-grandma tomorrow.”
“But who is going to look after you?”
“Mommy, I can take good care of myself.”
Seeing how Nia was eager to stay, Meredith could not bring herself to reject her. But she thought that Josiah’s grandmother might not be in the mood to have Nia around.
“Nia, darling, your great-grandma has had a long day and I’m afraid that you might cause her inconvenience if you stay with her. Why not…”
“Don’t worry, Mommy, I promise that I’ll be good,” Nia said, “wait here, Mommy. I’ll go ask my great grandma.”
Before Meredith could stop her, Nia had already run toward Josiah’s grandmother’s bedroom.
Shortly after, Nia ran out of the room excitedly and said, “Mommy, great-grandma said that I can stay here for however long that I want. So I’m staying for the night!”
Meredith had no other choice but to let Nia have her way.
“Oh and Mommy, great-grandma wants to see you in her room,” Nia said.
Meredith walked into Josiah’s grandmother’s bedroom.
Charlie’s mother and Penny were coming out of her room. It seemed as if it was Josiah’s grandmother who asked them to leave.
“Grandma.” Meredith walked toward the bed and held Josiah’s grandmother’s hands in hers. “What’s wrong, grandma? Are you worried about Josiah?”
“Joe is after all my grandson, how can I possibly not be worried?”
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