Ex Cried as I Wed a Tycoon

Chapter 385

Mr. Patterson said that while other customers might have to wait weeks for a new car, for Effie, he insisted on making sure she got hers right away.

So, the moment Effie signed the papers and paid, her grandmother was already in the driver's seat, beaming as she pulled their brand-new car out of the lot.

"Can you believe it?" Effie joked, settling into the passenger seat. "After all these years, I get to ride shotgun with Grandma at the wheel again."

Her grandmother's eyes shimmered with emotion. She took a steadying breath, wiped at her eyes, and looked straight ahead. "I'm not just going to drive you around," she said. "Someday, when you have children of your own, I'll take them out for a spin too. We'll go shopping together, the three of us."

She paused, then added with a meaningful glance, "You and Lyman should work on that."

A flush crept across Effie's cheeks. "Alright, Grandma..."

"So, where to?" her grandmother asked, clearly not ready to head home just yet. Effie grinned. "Actually, Grandma, there's somewhere I'd like to go."

"Oh? Where's that?"

they set off. Along the way, she stopped at a roadside stand and picked

curious. "What made you want

was the Lawrence residence. Old Mrs. Lawrence had once shared a hospital room with Effie's grandmother. Back

Lawrence's own family was always busy with work and rarely visited- most things were handled by a hired nurse.

Lawrence, too. Little by little, they'd all grown close. Effie and Old Mrs. Lawrence

at the time was the deputy chief of police. That's when Effie realized why her family had stayed away from the hospital: with

dinner. But time passed, and without many chances

and her grandmother walked up to her door, Old Mrs. Lawrence greeted them

your cooking," she

"Actually... I can't cook to save my life. Those meals were all made

jobs and was staying at Effie's grandmother's house. She'd offered to cook for Effie, who delivered the meals to her grandmother and Old Mrs. Lawrence. After she was done

Lawrence chuckled. "That explains it! Well, I still owe you thanks-you brought me such delicious food. We