The following day arrived.


    Charlie and ire packed their bags, checked out, and departed from Providence, where they had spent over a month.


    They drove straight to New York Airport. While Charlie was returning the rental car, he received a call from ine.


    “Good son-inw, I’m at the airport! Where are you?” ine asked over the phone.


    “Mom, are you in the VIP building?” Charlie inquired.<h3 style="background-color:DodgerBlue">


    “I’m here,” she confirmed.


    “Alright,” Charlie replied. “Just wait for us in the lobby of the VIP building; we’ll be there soon.”


    After finishing the car return process, Charlie turned to ine, who was waiting for them. ire chimed in, “Let’s head straight to the VIP building; Mom is already there.”


    Unbeknownst to ire, her mother had injured her leg again, prompting her to tease, “My mom is quite the character! She ims she misses us,es to see us, but then has to leave in just a few days. Last time, she ended up in jail and only just got out, while we’re the ones who get to enjoy New York without her!”


    Charlie chuckled and said, “Don’t you get our mom? I called her yesterday, and she didn’t want to leave.”<fnee11> ???? ????s? ???????s ?? Find?Novel</fnee11>


    ire shook her head in exasperation and sighed, “Honestly, there’s nothing I can do about her.”


    Since the car rental location was a bit away from the VIP building, the rentalpany staff drove them to the entrance in a small shuttle bus.


    As soon as they entered the VIP building, they heard ine calling out, “ire, Charlie!”


    ire scanned the area but couldn’t spot ine at first.


    Suddenly, a high-tech electric wheelchair zoomed towards her. ire nced down and was shocked to see that the person operating the wheelchair was her own mother, ine!


    ine expertly maneuvered the electric wheelchair to a stop in front of them and teased, “What are you looking for? You can’t see your mother with those big eyes?”


    ire replied, “Mom, I wasn’t looking down…”


    Noticing ine’s rosyplexion and the fact that she seemed a bit heavier than thest time they met, ire’s initial reaction was relief that her mother seemed well. However, she quickly regained her focus and asked, “Mom, why are you in a wheelchair again?”


    “I broke my leg again. Last time it was my right leg, and now it’s the left,” ine exined.


    ire’s concern surged as she said, “Mom… why are you being so careless? Your leg has been broken too many times already. If this keeps happening, will it heal properly?”


    “Yes, yes,” ine reassured her with a smile. “The doctor said my leg will definitely recover, so don’t worry.”


    ire replied seriously, “Mom, don’t dismiss this as nothing. I’m worried you might haveplications when you get older. You need to be extra careful and not hurt your leg again…”


    “Okay, okay,” ine said earnestly, “I promise to take good care of this leg moving forward!”


    ire could only nod, feeling helpless in the face of her mother’s stubbornness.


    At that moment, a woman who appeared to be around ine’s age and looked quite intellectual approached them. She addressed ire apologetically, “You must be ire, right?”


    This woman was the director of the hospital overseeing ine’s care, and it seemed she was there to assist ine in front of ire.


    Upon seeing her for the first time, ire nodded in confusion and asked, “Who are you?”