Chapter 105: Helping All the Way (1/2)

”No... I am not, he is daddy... I can smell daddy's scent from him...” Cecilia struggled out of Charlotte's hold with enough strength that Charlotte found it hard to keep her in her embrace.

Both mother and duo wrestled and struggled as the wooden floors beneath them let out occasional protests.

Eventually, both sides reached a standstill, but Charlotte lost her balance.

”Ah!”

She exclaimed.

But Calvin had already reacted.

He stretched his hand out and took Cecilia before Charlotte could fall onto the ground.

Thud!

A dull thud rang out.

Calvin may have managed to rescue Cecilia in time, but it was too late for him to do anything about Charlotte.

She fell onto the ground and moaned in pain.

”Oww...”

She huffed and puffed as she rubbed her elbows that collided against the muddy floor.

Raising her head to look at Cecilia, she noticed that the little girl was still pouting.

”From the first time I met Uncle Superman, I felt it. When we were in danger back then, Daddy showed up and sent the bad guys away. Mommy, didn't you say that daddy is a hero to the country?”

”Daddy also told me that Superman is a hero too! Daddy also told me that he will appear when I am in danger. Have you been lying to me all this while?”

”I...” Charlotte felt heartache and was ashamed. Her eyes reddened out of frustration for she didn't know how she could explain the situation to her naive daughter without hurting her.

”Mommy... Please, please let Uncle Superman be my daddy... Let him stay here with me.” Cecilia repeatedly blinked her big round eyes and pouted as if she was being wronged. She looked so pitiful as her tears began to fall one drop after another.

The little girl who was now on Calvin's embrace tightened her grip around Calvin's neck as she said, ”Everybody else in my circle of friends has a daddy except me. All of them say that I am a wild child and an orphan. They say that I am not mommy's true child! But that's not true...”

”I am not a wild child... I'm also not an orphan since daddy is back now. Mommy, please don't let daddy go away. Please don't let daddy leave, all right? I just want a daddy.”

”I just want my daddy... Please...”

Calvin's heart was a spectacular mess.

To be honest, part of the reason why he helped this mother and daughter duo was because of his ulterior motives. He expected this to be a one-time thing— wherein after helping them settle somewhere in the residential district of the Southern Borough, he would be able to leave at peace.

But at this moment...

Calvin didn't know what to do.

For the first time ever after a hundred years, Calvin was thoroughly stumped.

But despite not knowing what he should do, his hands held tightly around the doll-like child in his arms, seemingly unwilling to let go.

”Cecilia... I'm sorry... I'm so sorry...”

Charlotte couldn't bear to see her daughter crying anymore. Cecilia was a child who always maintained that dignified and strong facade, even in front of her mother. But being her mother, it was impossible for Cecilia to hide everything from her mother.

Cecilia didn't know it, but Charlotte could see her crying by herself in the middle of the night.

Whispering something along the lines of, ”I am not a wild child...”, ”daddy will be back...”, ”I'm not hungry... Mommy needs to eat more than me.”

Charlotte's heart would always break into pieces whenever she heard these words from her daughter. This was the reason why Charlotte was so desperate. Even though she knew that working in those matchstick and textile companies was extremely dangerous.

She knew that she must do it for the sake of her daughter.

She was willing to do anything to save her daughter from this nightmare.

It didn't matter even if she fell into depravity herself.

In fact, if Calvin didn't rescue her today...

Charlotte was already prepared to sell herself to one of the brothels in the Western Borough just so she could earn a more substantial living for the two of them.

Fortunately, Calvin came to her life.

However, everything was just moving too fast that Charlotte didn't know how she could face Calvin.

One morning, he saved their life, and in the next few days...

He was now her daughter's father?

Charlotte was unwilling.

She didn't want to inconvenience Calvin and have him raise the child of another man.

But she was also helpless.