Chapter 16

His Family

At that moment, Sarah didn’t know how she felt about what had happened and just stared at Charles. Keeping silent, she felt her heart continue to sink.

After Charles hung up the phone, he looked at Sarah and knew what she was thinking about. He hesitated for a while, “My sister Emma, she is back.”

Sarah responded quietly after a long pause, “I see.”

“She is at the airport now, ready to see me. She didn’t go back home, so I had to pick her up.”

Sarah nodded again, “Go on, then.” Her voice sounded calm, but Charles surely knew that something was wrong. Tonight, she had learned about his past and, on the same night, discovered that he clearly still can’t forget about his sister. She had now returned, without warning and Sarah had no idea whether Charles still loved her or not.

Charles didn’t know what to say, and maybe he hadn’t expected any of that. After hesitat