The Apple of My Eye
Chapter 1095 A Totally Unexpected Scene

Having heard a sound outside, Sheryl stepped outside the room to face a totally unexpected scene before her. "What? Charles, what are you saying? Did Mom...did Mom commit suicide?"

"Yes! Mom committed suicide! Sheryl, what happened?" Though he didn't want to be angry with Sheryl, seeing his weak mother in his arms, he couldn't restrain his emotions.

Melissa's suicide must have something to do with Sheryl!

In such a relationship, he also knew that maybe it was Melissa's fault, but, as someone younger, couldn't Sheryl just bear with Mom? What was more, he even just told Sheryl to give him only a few more days to solve the whole thing.

It wasn't long since he hung up the phone. How did things turn out like this?

"How would I know what happened? After returning home, I went straight to my room and fell asleep!"

To Sheryl, it was like the crime truly came out of nowhere. In order not to embarrass Charles too much, she intentionally avoided Melissa as much as she could. Sheryl thought, 'The one who always had the whip hand was her. Why on earth would she try to kill herself?

Just to drive me out of Dream Garden? But that's too high a price!'

"Charles, I've called the hospital. It will be a while before they arrive here. What should we do?" Seeing them beginning to argue, Nancy interrupted them immediately.

"What happened, Charles?"

Having heard the commotion, Gary stepped out of his room as well.

When Sheryl arrived that night, Gary heard that she and Melissa were arguing, but he couldn't hear their words clearly enough. As an elder, he originally wanted to step out and stop them, but when he arrived at the door, he remembered that Sheryl was Melissa's daughter-in-law. Though maybe he could stop them at that moment, he couldn't control them forever.

With that in mind, he decided to return to his own room and just let it be. After all, every family had its skeletons in the closet. As time went on, after all, family members would eventually become accustomed to each other's temperament, and little contradictions would be gradually solved.

The same was true for Melissa and Charles' grandmother.

Still, Gary never would have expected Melissa to cut her wrist.

Regretting his decision, Gary felt the guilt creep up his spine.

"Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll take Mom to the hospital now. It's late so you just go to sleep. Don't worry." Even in such a situation, Charles remained filial, especially when talking to his grandfather. Though he wanted to say something more, Gary realized all he could do was nod and head back to his room. "Okay. Be careful on the way."

Although Sheryl made first-aid treatments to Melissa's wounds, the blood from her wrist was still flowing when she and Charles finally got to send her to the hospital. The doctor was already waiting at the door as soon as Charles' car arrived at the facility, and pushed Melissa into the emergency room immediately.

In the ER, after over three hours, Melissa finally opened her eyes.

While they waited for her to wake up, Charles didn't talk to Sheryl. With the way Charles treated her, she felt wronged and didn't want to speak with him either.

Charles' expression remained neutral as he tried to stay calm until the doctor came out to inform the family that they could visit the patient. As soon as he heard, Charles ran into the ward, looking anxious. "Mom, are you alright? Mom?"

"Where...where am I?" Slowly, Melissa looked around. "I'm not dead?"

"Mom, how could you be dead? You're fine now. Why would you cut your wrist like that? If there's something wrong, please just tell me. I'm begging you...don't do anything so stupid again."

In his concern, Charles' mind was left in such turmoil.

"Charles, I admit that I've been wrong these days...I'm a disturbance to your life. I know that Sher doesn't like me...but...she can't insult me forever. She's your wife so I can stand her. But she began to insult me as soon as she came back home yesterday...even saying that I was scum from prison... I..."

As Melissa explained it to Charles, her eyes turned glassy with tears.

Melissa didn't care about lying, slandering, or taking such risks. All she wanted was a truly virtuous woman for her son, and she would do all it took to get the calculating woman out of their lives. "Mom...really? Did Sher told you that?"

Charles couldn't believe what he heard.

Though he couldn't wrap his head around it, he didn't think that Melissa could ever risk her own life just to give Sheryl a bad image. After all, if Charles came back even a little later than he did, she would have died from excessive blood loss.

If Melissa truly felt desperate, how could she have ever chosen to end her life?

Having stayed in prison for fifteen years, Melissa learned to endure it. Now she just returned to Dream Garden for a week, she chose to cut her wrist just because she couldn't endure being under the same roo with Sheryl. Did Melissa just want to create discord between them?

It was the first time that Charles had felt utterly confused and terribly frightened.

The thought that the woman he loved and trusted most was keeping something from him was painful.

"Charles, do you think I'm cheating you? But...why would I lie to you? I admit that in the beginning, I didn't treat Sher very well. But I just wanted to establish the authority of elders in that way.

Having been in prison for over a decade, I sometimes don't know how to express my feelings. Then, I realized that I had said something rather excessive to her. I wanted to apologize to her, but I didn't know how to open my mouth.

Maybe it's because of that first interaction that Sher began to hate me. I was willing to endure her at first. After all, she's your wife, and it was my fault at the beginning. But my tolerance was repaid only by her humiliating me."

There was no doubt that Melissa's ability to confound black with white was superb.

And it easily worked on Charles as he began believing Melissa's story.

"Mom, you don't need to worry about anything now. You just stay here and rest for a few days. Sher's issues...I'll handle it. Don't worry. I'll explain it all before you get discharged from the hospital," Charles swore to Melissa.

"Charles, just forget it. I don't want you to be embarrassed because of me. After all, she's your wife..." When Melissa said this, she made sure to look at Charles' face with serious eyes, as she wanted to ensure that Charles completely believed her.

"Don't worry, I can handle that," he smiled and comforted his mother. "I know that Sher was out of line. You can rest assured that this time, I'll stay by your side. I must make her apologize for having wronged you."

"But if you do, won't Sher be angry with you? You might get into a big fight. Charles, I'm already old. In fact, I don't even really care about it. Now that I think about it, I just hope that you can live a happy life. I hope we can get along well!"

Without speaking, Charles simply maintained his smile.