Heartstrings On Fire

Chapter 648

Grandma continued, “You might think I’m getting old and dumb, and yeah, my memory isn’t what it used to be. But I remember everything about you two. Times have changed, haven’t they? Now, people date for years before marrying, and divorce is as common as catching cold. I don’t understand what’s gone wrong with your generation. But let me ask you this, Jared, do you still love Agnes?”

Jared hung his head, he felt like a child. There were many things he’d kept to himself, unable to share them with anyone else. To others, his feelings might have seemed ludicrous.

But in front of Agnes‘ grandmother, he couldn’t hide

anymore.

“I’ve never stopped loving her,” Jared admitted softly.

To Jared, ‘like‘ seemed too weak a word to describe his feelings for Agnes. Love, in its most profound sense, was what he felt. If he had to describe it, he supposed the phrase ‘sweet sorrow‘ might do.

Over the years, Agnes had brought him countless heartaches. The disappointments, the emptiness, the suffocating pain… yet he accepted it all. He bore it willingly.

boy to me all these years, and I remember every kindness. I know I’m getting

aback.

brought me to the city and hired a team of doctors to look after me? I know my own body. I’m not sick, Jared, I’m just getting old.

grandma would be so perceptive.

you two have a son together. The two people who mean the

smile. “You’re right, grandma.”

then, leave here to me,” grandma said. “Go outside and see if

kitchen. Outside, Agnes was digging up some wild greens in the

scattered the seeds randomly across the fields, so they had sprouted everywhere. And with the snow covering the

hand?” Jared asked, approaching

rubber boots. Her

Agnes replied,