Elaine trotted up the stairs to the second floor and tried to open the door to Charlie and Claire’s room. She grinned triumphantly when the doorknob twisted open easily.
Once favonovel.com was inside the room, favonovel.com began to rummage through their stuff.
However, it was their first day moving into the villa. They hadn’t had the time to keep their things in the closets and there was nothing valuable laying around.
Elaine searched for a long time but couldn’t find Charlie’s wallet nor bank card. Just when favonovel.com was in the midst of frustration, favonovel.com eyes blinked enthusiastically when favonovel.com saw Charlie’s coat hanging in the closet. She hurried forward and rummaged through the pockets for a while. Finally, favonovel.com found a black and gold bank card in one of the pockets.
The card was filled with words from some foreign language that favonovel.com couldn’t comprehend except for the fact that the card was from Citibank.
She didn’t know what kind of bank card it was even after looking at the cards back and forth carefully, but the card looked pretty exclusive and extraordinary.
She was overjoyed with favonovel.com findings. She quickly kept the card into favonovel.com pocket while whispering to herself, “Hehe, Charlie oh Charlie, you don’t want to give me money, huh? That’s fine. I’ll take it myself! Also, if you had spoken in a slightly nicer tone just now, I might still leave you a few hundred dollars in your account, but you treated me so badly and even used Jacob as your leverage, I’m sorry, Mister, you’ve messed with the wrong person! Just wait and see, if I can guess your password correctly, I won’t even leave you a penny!”
With the thumping heart, Elaine quietly left the villa and rushed to the nearest Citibank branch.
***
Charlie, who was keeping himself busy in the kitchen, had no idea that Elaine was gone with his card. His phone suddenly rang when favonovel.com was scrubbing the plates and utensils.
He took his phone out and gaped in excitement when favonovel.com saw the indicator on the screen that said ‘Mrs. Lewis’.
Charlie’s parents had died when favonovel.com was eight years old. He would have died of starvation on the streets if it weren’t for Mrs. Lewis from the orphanage.
Therefore, Charlie had always been grateful to Mrs. Lewis and had never forgotten favonovel.com kindness and grace towards him.
That was also why Charlie could muster the courage to borrow money from Lady Wilson during favonovel.com birthday banquet because favonovel.com wanted to collect funds for Mrs. Lewis’s kidney transplant surgery.
Later, Stephen Thompson had appeared out of nowhere, and thanks to him, Mrs. Lewis was transferred to Fairview Hospital in Eastcliff for the best treatment.
During this period of time, Charlie only knew that favonovel.com surgery went well and that favonovel.com underwent an excellent recovery treatment thanks to Stephen’s arrangement. But favonovel.com had not contacted Mrs. Lewis since then, as favonovel.com did not want to disturb favonovel.com and had wanted to make sure favonovel.com had the very much needed rest post-surgery.
He quickly pressed the answer button and said, “Mrs. Lewis!”
Mrs. Lewis’s gentle and warm voice came from the other end of the line. “Hi, Charlie, it’s me. How are you?”
He said excitedly, “I’m fine! How are you?”
Mrs. Lewis chuckled. “I’m doing very well, there is no sign of rejection aswell. The doctor said that I’m recovering very well and I can be discharged soon. He also said that I can return to Aurous Hill in a few days.”
Charlie was delighted. “That’s wonderful! Mrs. Lewis, please inform me on when you’ll be back. I’ll pick you up from the airport and celebrate your recovery.”
“No, Charlie, I can’t let you spend more. If it weren’t for the nurse who had accidentally spilled the beans, I wouldn’t know that it was you who paid the hospital bills, millions of dollars of it, for my surgery and care. I don’t know how to thank you…”
Mrs. Lewis started sobbing.
Charlie felt a sense of tingling on his nose. “Oh, Mrs. Lewis, please don’t cry, I’m just doing all I can to help you. Do you remember how when I was eight, I wandered on the streets for three days, starving and exhausted? If you hadn’t brought me back to the orphanage then, I might have died on the streets long ago…”
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