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Teresa finally arrived at the entrance to Rosary Estates .
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When she opened the door , a dusty , unused smell hit her . She quickly tidied up her and Michael’s rooms , and by the time she finished , it was already dark . Only then did Teresa head over to Miriam’s place to pick up Michael .
As soon as the door opened , Michael launched himself into Teresa’s arms . “ Mom ! ” he shouted , “ Miriam , I told you it was Mom coming ! ”
Miriam was totally surprised . “ I can’t believe it ! Michael kept insisting he heard your footsteps . I told him you weren’t back yet ; I thought you were on the next flight .”
“ Nope , I’m back . I just stopped by Rosary Estates to clean up a bit first , ” Teresa said , ruffling Michael’s hair . It felt so good to be home with her son . “ You two must be starving waiting for me . Let’s go eat – my treat . ”
“ No way ! You just got back ; how can we let you pay ? ” retorted Miriam .
“ It’s fine , really . Dinner’s on me . Let’s go to Grove Bistro , ” Teresa insisted , grateful for Miriam having been looking after Michael . “ Let’s call Edward too . Where is he ? ”
Miriam replied , “ He went home at lunchtime . His mom called him . I’m guessing Irene told her about us . ”
Teresa rolled her eyes . “ Honestly , Irene just can’t stand me . And since you’re my friend , she can’t stand you either . Now it’s my fault you and Edward are having issues . ”
“ Don’t worry about it , ” Miriam said , grabbing Teresa’s hand with a big grin . “ It’s not your fault . Stop overthinking it . Let’s go eat anyway . ”
“ Alright ,” Teresa agreed . She didn’t want to say more in front of Michael , so the three of them headed out for dinner .
Somehow Teresa thought of Cheryl . Not sure if Cheryl’s number was still the same , Teresa logged into her old WhatsApp and reached out to Cheryl .
Cheryl replied almost instantly : [ I’m in Lonisburg . I can’t come back . My belly’s huge , and I’m about to give birth . ]
[ Any luck finding the baby’s dad ? ] asked Teresa .
[ No way . I’m too scared to go out , and I can’t go home either . I’m just living here by myself . ] Cheryl sent a crying emoji .
Teresa : [ You’re all alone ? What if your water breaks ? There’s no one around to help you . That’s not safe . ]
Cheryl : [ I have a classmate who checks in on me . I’m just taking it one day at a time . ]
Teresa didn’t say much more . With Cheryl’s personality , she wouldn’t be able to keep this a secret for long . Once the baby was born , the Lynn family would definitely find out , and things would get messy .
Teresa couldn’t help but ponder , ‘ Donald’s Cheryl’s brother . As for Jennifer … ‘
Teresa felt completely helpless . She borrowed Miriam’s phone , swearing to herself that after this , she’d never contact Jennifer again .
Jennifer’s voice came as she called . “ Teresa , you’ve arrived in Nareigh , right ? I checked your flight info . ”
Teresa snorted , “ Check all you want . I just wanted to let you know – Cheryl’s about to have her baby . You’d better tell Donald . He’s her brother , and it’s not safe for Cheryl to be alone out there . ”
Jennifer was silent for a few seconds . “ I’ll just pretend I don’t know . Otherwise , I’ll get dragged into it too . ”
Teresa argued . “ Once Cheryl has the baby , her family will find out anyway . If you tell them now , you might even get some thanks from her mom . ”
“ I don’t care about that . Cheryl’s never liked me , so why should I bother ? Besides , she’s not due until next month , ” Jennifer replied .
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She then added , “ Don’t worry about Cheryl . She only reached out because she thinks you’re easy to push around . Let her handle it herself ”
“ I’m just letting you know . It’s your call . I’m done getting involved with the Lynn family . That’s it . ” With that , Teresa hung up
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