Chapter 383

But she did not find Charlotte, nor heard her answering. Dean was calm. He asked around if anybody had seen a four-year-old in a pettiskirt with a strawberry cake box in her hand.   At last, one person responded. “I saw a little girl you just described. She ran out of the supermarket seconds ago.”   Dean chased out at once, while Summer was on his heels.   Men run faster than women. Dean had his heart in his mouth when he found Charlotte standing in the middle of the road, picking up a kite in the traffic.   He quickened his pace and ran as fast as he could while calling out to Charlotte. “Stand there, Charlotte! Don’t move!”   Charlotte heard Dean’s voice and turned around, happily raising the kite in her hand to show Dean. “A kite, Uncle Dean!”   Just when Dean was two steps away from Charlotte, a car suddenly came to a couple of meters away from Charlotte.   The driver of the car did not see this coming and panicked, mistakenly stepping on the gas instead of the brake pedal.   The c