Charlotte let go of him and said, "Well, then let's go outside and chat with Kendall. I still have a lot to discuss with her."
"Don't you want to stay with me for a little longer?" Rick turned around and looked at her disappointedly.
"But, we're a family. We can chat whenever we want to. As long as you want to see me, we can do that for 24 hours. But it's different for her because she's not our family," Charlotte said sincerely.
Family.
Rick felt like he had lost to Charlotte. With a sigh, he pulled her into a hug and said with a wry smile, "I have been completely defeated..."
Charlotte hugged him back. "In the end, I still inevitably bumped into Shane. I told him about how I promised you that I won't see him again, and guess what he said?"
"Hm?" Rick was utterly attentive.