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Chapter 780
After some time, Charlie’s mother, with the help of her servants, staggered and stumbled into the hallway of the
ER. At the sight of Meredith, she grabbed Meredith by her arms and cried,” Why is my son suddenly in an accident?
How is he? Is his life in danger?”
Meredith could answer neither of her questions because she, too, did not know for herself. “I’m really sorry,
ma’am…I mean, Mom. I don’t know what is going on too. I am also waiting for the doctor.”
Meredith thought that there was something fishy about the crash earlier. It was as if the car was driving directly at
them, on purpose.
But all she could think about was Charlie and she did not have the energy to think about the car crash earlier.
The doctor finally walked out of the surgery room and scanned both of them. “Are you both the patient’s family?”
“Yes, I am his mother,” Charlie’s mother replied urgently.
“I am his wife,” Meredith replied. The doctor nodded and with a serious expression on his face, he said, “The
patient’s condition is stable now but his legs were injured seriously. It might cause a problem for his mobility in the
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“What do you mean?” Even though the doctor had tried to phrase his words in a more acceptable manner,
Charlie’s mother was still aghast. “Are you saying that my son might be crippled?”
“I’m afraid so, Ma’am,” The doctor nodded without any hesitation and went on, “it’s best for the both of you to be
mentally prepared.”
Charlie’s mother felt her legs go weak and she nearly collapsed onto the floor.
Meredith hurriedly went up to her to catch her. “Mom, are you okay?”
Charlie’s mother slapped Meredith across her face. “Don’t call me that! It is all your fault! You’re a train wreck! My
Charlie had been doing well all this while before he met you. And now he is going to be crippled because he got
married to you!”
Meredith felt a burning pain spreading on her cheeks but she could understand Charlie’s mother’s feelings, hence
she bore the pain.
The doctor, on the other hand, witnessed how Meredith was slapped and felt that he needed to say something.
“Ma’am, how could you possibly still believe in all these from the old days? It is unfortunate what happened to your
son, but you shouldn’t take it out on your daughter-in law.”
Shaking his head, the doctor then walked away.
Charlie’s mother was even more aggravated by the doctor’s words. Glaring furiously at Meredith, she seethed,
“Who said that I wanted you to be my daughter-in-law? Charlie must have sinned a lot in his past life to actually fall
in love with such a train wreck!”
Charlie’s mother wanted to slap her again but her servants stopped her from doing so. Hence, pointing her finger
at Meredith, she taunted, “Meredith Leighton, if it wasn’t for Charlie’s grandmother, I would have killed you right
now!”
With one hand covering her cheek that was burning in pain, Meredith frowned and said,” Ma’am, why didn’t you say
something when you didn’t want Charlie and I to get married? If you had told me that you oppose this marriage, I
wouldn’t have married Charlie in the first
place.”
“Pft!” Charlie’s mother scoffed coldly and said, “You already have Charlie wrapped around your fingers, and do you
think it would change anything if I had opposed it? I also hated the idea that the both of you were dating, and what
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“Charlie is my only son and what else was I supposed to do? I can only give him what he wants, “Charlie’s mother
wept and went on, “but who knew that he would end up this way if I had known…”
Charlie’s mother could not bring herself to finish her sentence and started sobbing.
Meredith’s heart softened at the sight of Charlie’s mother crying.
And she started apologizing, “I’m really sorry, it is all my fault. I should have taken better care of Charlie. I promise
that I will take care of him.”
Even if Charlie was crippled and no matter how Charlie ended up.
After the surgery, Charlie was transferred to the ICU.
While waiting for Charlie to regain his consciousness, Meredith finally had the time to look into the truth about the
car accident.
She found out from the cops that the driver did drive toward them on purpose but the driver was a mentally
unstable patient. In other words, the driver did not have to be responsible for the accident.
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