The Red Match

around aimlessly for about two hours before stopping on a deserted road. Charlotte watched from afar as he put the brake lights on. Another thirty minutes passed before two me

e money. She watched as they ran away into the darkness but he still wasn't moving. Another 10 minutes passed. A ma

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ans

t are you doing parked

would discipline the old man but he didn't eve

started falling almost immediately and Charlotte decided that she couldn't leave him there all by himself. All the things he di

on

eet, Reeves family

entered the driver's seat and drove back home. They got to the mansion around some minute

", sh

aned his face with his palm lik

, he asked. "

ed for the next seven years. Then one day, the unexpected happened. A client in the Maldives had cancelled a meeting with her at the last minute and she had returned home from the airport annoyed. It was almost midnight when she got home and she was surprised to see that the light in her room was still on. She searched for her keys in her b

room half naked. She turned to face Jon whose eyes were shut tightly like someone in a nightmare. He must have been willing the ground to swallow him at that moment because he didn't say a word or even dare open his e

oncluded in no time and Jon kissed his son goodbye, promising to come visiting from France every year. Marty had insisted a final goodbye at the airport so Charlotte had to drive him there. She had stayed in the car, her eyes teary as she watched father and son hold each other

breaking her chain of thoughts.

. "It happened too

aving her hands dismissively. Hav

mber you talked me into going out with him

while."Not exactly. A place wh

w. Mor

arder for yourself", Sheila laughed. "It

ing jobless eighteen year old guys. Nothing serious could ever come out of a dating site and she needed something serious. She needed her son to grow up with

g to say anythin

a dating site, Shei. I need s

e on my way now." Charlotte knew that there was no meeting. It was her way of sayin

, Charlot

the house and watched a

self girl", she sa

said to the winds and