When She Turns Her Back (Teresa and Charles) novel Chapter 261

Chapter 261

Teresa hung up the phone and went to check on Wendy.

Wendy was having another nightmare, crying out heartbreaking words in her sleep.

Teresa kept stroking her hair, comforting her over and over.

After a long while, Wendy finally settled down and her mood gradually calmed.

Once Wendy drifted off into a deep sleep again, Teresa finally reached for her phone.

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She blinked in surprise when she realized Charles’s call was still connected–it hadn’t hung up, and the call timer showed they’d been on the line for over twenty minutes.

Teresa hesitated, her voice barely above a whisper as she tried, “Charles?”

On the other end, Charles had kept his phone pressed to his ear the whole time. The moment he heard Teresa’s voice, he answered without missing a beat, “Yeah, I’m here.”

Teresa heard a softness in his voice that felt unfamiliar, almost surreal.

After a brief pause, she said, “If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”

Charles seemed worried she’d end the call, so he quickly added, “It’s been ages since we all sat down for a nice meal together.”

But before he could say anything else, the line went dead with a series of beeps.

Teresa had already hung up and set her phone aside–she didn’t catch a word of what Charles had said.

She could tell he was speaking, but she didn’t really register a single word.

Charles lay on his side, eyes fixed on his phone’s now–black screen where the call had just ended. He felt lost, unable to even track where his thoughts were drifting.

Somehow, almost absentmindedly, he tapped open his messages, navigating into his old chat with Teresa.

Scrolling upward, he saw it was filled with line after line–countless reminders of how much she used to love him.

But the more he looked, the more it hit him… Teresa wasn’t the same person anymore.

Back then, just one cough from him would have her up in the middle of the night, simmering a pot of pear soup for him. But now, even when he said he missed her, she didn’t respond at all.

Charles felt a heaviness in his heart, and sleep just wouldn’t come.

After a bit of hesitation, he got up and walked toward Yolanda’s room.

As soon as he walked in, Yolanda’s eyes fluttered open.

Seeing Charles, she rubbed her sleepy eyes and mumbled, “Daddy?”

Charles sat on the edge of the bed, reached out to gently rub Yolanda’s cheek, and said, “Hey, can I ask you something?”

Yolanda nodded. “Okay, Daddy. Ask me.”

Charles thought for a moment, then finally said, “Is Mommy nice to you?”

Yolanda considered it seriously, then answered, “I forgot”

Charles blinked, a bit taken aback. He glanced down at Yolanda, his tone careful and gentle. “Hey, Yolanda, can you tell Daddy—dist Mommy used to treat you well?”

Yolanda didn’t reply. Instead, she burrowed quietly into Charles’s embrace

Noticing how Yolanda seemed to shy away whenever Teresa was mentioned, Charles just had to remind her. “You used to tell me Mommy was the nicest person ever, remember? You even said you’d stick by her no matter what.”

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Chapter 261

Yolanda really had said all that before.

But after all this time, things had changed completely.

But as soon as Charles mentioned it, Yolanda’s eyes started to turn red with tears.

All of Teresa’s words and everything she’d done for her flashed vividly through her mind.

The more she thought about it, the more the tears streamed down her cheeks.

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Still, she hugged Charles and murmured, “Daddy, let’s stop thinking about Mommy, okay? Those are all things from the past. We’ve got Miss Naomi now, haven’t we?”

Hearing Yolanda say that, Charles finally felt the weight in his chest begin to ease. He gently ruffled her hair and replied softly, “Yeah, now that we have Naomi, things will only get better for us.”

The next morning, after Charles got up and washed up, he had Sharon take over watching Yolanda.

By the time he came downstairs, Richard was already sitting in the living room.

Sharon had breakfast ready, and Richard sat enjoying his meal while flipping through the morning paper.

People from Richard’s generation just never got used to checking news on their phones or tablets.

For him, starting the day with the paper was simply a must.

When he heard the sounds coming from upstairs, Richard pushed up his glasses and glanced up.

Seeing it was Charles, he immediately called out, “Come here, I need to talk to you.”

Charles answered and walked toward the dining room.

After Charles sat down, Richard kept flipping through his newspaper, acting nonchalant as he asked, “Teresa hasn’t been back in a long time, right?”

While eating his porridge, Charles replied softly, “Yeah.”

Hearing this, Richard closed his newspaper and turned to look at Charles. “Whatever’s happened, she still ought to come home, don’t you think?”

After a pause, he added, “I’m just an old man–don’t I at least get to be mad about it?”

Richard always felt it was his fault Teresa didn’t come home; he figured it was because he’d never gone to visit her.

The moment he learned Teresa had gotten rid of the baby, a surge of anger hit him.

Even now, that anger hadn’t faded one bit.

But what he hadn’t expected was that even after Teresa was discharged from the hospital, she never came back to Sullivan Mansion.

Charles listened to Richard, didn’t try to explain, and simply replied in a calm voice, “Alright, I understand.”

When Richard’s anger faded, he could only sigh and say, “Bring her back for dinner tonight–I want to talk to her.”

Charles finished his bowl of porridge quickly, just as Richard wrapped up what he had to say.

After wiping his mouth, Charles got up and said to Richard, “Sure, I’ll go get her tonight”

At exactly 5:30 that afternoon, right on time, Charles called Teresa’s phone.

The instant his name lit up the screen. Teresa was completely caught off guard. She was in the kitchen, half–distracted and washing vegetables with one hand, so her other hand was tied up

She considered just ignoring it, but before she could decide, the phone startest buzzing again.

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