Word soon got out that Willy Wonka and his long-lost daughter were together at last and Mr. Wonka repeated his offer to Charlotte, who accepted without hesitation. The orphanage kids and the other four golden ticket winners were all shocked to learn the truth about Charlotte; how could they have known?
At the orphanage, out of nowhere, Ms. Ethel suddenly went out of her mind and she was quickly arrested after screaming to everyone in the orphanage that when she'd get the chance she would kill both Mr. Wonka and Charlotte; after that, she was immediately sent to a high-security prison, which also happened to be an asylum, in the next few towns for her countless crimes and the orphans were sent off to another orphanage across town where they would actually find happy and loving families of their own.
It was the night after everything in town and the world finally went quiet; it was also Charlotte and Willy's very first dinner together in several years. That night, Mr. Wonka was cooking something very special just for the occasion. Just as Willy turned off the stove and as soon as he was about to wash his hands, Charlotte suddenly burst into the room, breathing heavily but with a smile on her face.
"Hey!" She said as she unzipped her sweatshirt and closed the door behind her.
"There you are, missy! I was starting to worry about you all over again." Mr. Wonka said as he went over to greet her.
"Sorry I'm late. An Oompa-Loompa accidentally fell into a vat of marshmallows and Charlie and I had to fish him out manually. But don't worry; afterwards, we washed our hands to avoid any and all contamination."
"Well… at least nobody got hurt. And what luck? You came in just in time for dinner. I made something extra special for tonight and I think you'll really like it."
"Awesome, I'm starved."
"Well, I hope you'll help me set the table."
"Of course I'll help."
Charlotte then grabbed some plates as well as a couple forks and knives, and two cups and she set them down on the table across from each other as Willy put down a couple dishes of food in between the two places and filled the two glasses, one with chocolate milk and the other with regular milk.
"There we go, all set." Willy said proudly.
"Mmm! Wow, everything looks and smells great." Charlotte said.
"Yeah, I followed one of your mother's old recipes. You know before she died, Holly was one heck of a cook!"
"I can imagine."
"You know, her cooking was one of the several things that made her so attractive to me in the first place."
Charlotte giggled and gently shoved him. Willy looked at her and gave her a wide smile as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"If only Holly could see you now. She'd be so proud of you." He said.
"You really think so?" Charlotte asked.
"I know so… You know I miss her, right?"
"I miss her, too… even though I barely remember her."
"You know something? Even when you were a baby, you still look just like her."
"Do I?"
"More and more every day, you have her eyes. I'm sorry; it's just… so wonderful to have you back. I've missed you so much, my sweet, perfect, precious little starshine."
"To be honest… it's wonderful to be back. I've missed you, too… daddy."
Willy smiled a big, bright grin at what she just said; he hadn't been called that name in such a long time. His eyes began to fill up with tears before he pulled Charlotte into his embrace; she wrapped her arms around his torso, closed her eyes, and smiled.
"I love you, Charlotte." Willy whispered, kissing his daughter's head.
"I love you too, dad." Charlotte murmured, burying her face into her father's chest.
In the end, Charlotte Wonka won ownership of a chocolate factory alongside her new business partner and new best friend, Charlie Bucket. But Willy Wonka gained something so much better… he got his daughter back. And one thing was absolutely certain; life had never been sweeter.