Chapter 1032 - Apologies (1) (1/2)
Emma was impressed by the clothes that she found for herself in Charlie's master closet. Everything was her size (as expected), and the style she usually wears. Emma was pleasantly surprised that there is underwear as well. Ah, Charlie thinks of everything!
She picked a light blue T-shirt and white capri pants.
Emma looked at herself in the mirror and she was pleased with her look. She would never say that someone else bought these clothes for her.
She took a moment to think about her current happiness and that last night she spent in Charlie's embrace, and then when she woke up… Her smile fell when she realized that he didn't use protection.
”Is something wrong?”, Charlie asked when he noticed that Emma's mood is off.
”I need to go to the drugstore.”, Emma said with urgency.
”Sure. Let's eat and then we can go.”
”No. Drugstore first.”
Charlie frowned. ”What is so important?”
”I am not on a pill… or anything else.”, Emma told Charlie.
His eyebrows shoot up and his eyes darted over her face few times before he broke into a smile. ”I would be delighted for you to carry my child. I prefer a daughter. She will be pretty like you. We are already engaged, so it's not a problem… Ouch! Is there a need for you to pinch so hard the father of your child?” Charlie sulked while rubbing his achy arm.
Emma slapped his shoulder. ”Stop joking! This is not funny.”
He pulled her into his embrace. ”Why do you think that I'm joking?”
She looked at him in disbelief. ”Charlie!”
”OK.”, He sighed. ”What do you need? Is it one of those morning-after pills? I will send someone to buy it and by the time we finish our meal it will be here.”
Emma wanted to ask him how does he know about the morning-after pill, but then she decided not to. She does not want to know.
She logged into the LA Medical Center system with her phone and wrote a prescription to herself for contraceptive pills. It seems that she will need to start using them and the sooner the better.
She gave a note with medicines which need to be picked up to Charlie and he forwarded that to a maid who answered his summons.
…
Charlie held Emma's hand as they walked toward the dining room.
It was mid-afternoon and the lunch time was long gone. Emma was starving.
As they passed by the living room, she thought that she saw two figures on the sofa, but Charlie acted like no one is there, so she followed his lead. Her focus was on the food, anyway.
Halfway through the meal, when she got some of her energy back, Emma asked Charlie: ”Am I seeing things from hunger, or was there someone in the living room?”
”You are not seeing things. Young misses of Davis and Thompson family are there.”
Emma clenched the fork in her hand at the thought that those are two out of four bullies from last night. ”Why are they here?”
”They want to talk to you.”
Emma shrugged involuntarily. ”I don't want to talk to them.”
”I know. That is why I didn't tell you they are here. The staff told them that you will not see them today, but they insisted to wait.”, Charlie explained.
Emma was confused. Why are they waiting for her? Do they want to bully her again? Wasn't last night enough? But it does not make sense… why would they come to Charlie's house to bully her? ”They want to talk to me? Why?”
Charlie smiled while thinking that Emma has a good friend who is ready to protect her. ”Last night, after you left, Anna made a public statement that if they don't apologize properly, their families will suffer consequences.”
Emma exhaled while shaking her head with a smile on her face. ”Anna… What did she say exactly?”
Charlie indicated that he does not know. ”I was not there. That is all what my Uncle told me this morning when he called to check how are you doing.”
Emma had so many questions. His Uncle? It seems that he also knows that she was bullied. But… how does he know that she is here? The more pressing topic are those women in the living room. Emma needs to find out what they want. ”What does it mean… to apologize properly?”
Charlie shrugged. ”Your guess is as good as mine.”