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.

a good boy to me all these years, and I remember every kindness. I know I’m getting forgetful, and I’m afraid I’ll forget everything one day. But before that day comes, I want to see you and my precious granddaughter together again.”

was taken aback. “Grandma, you…”

to look after me? I know my own body. I’m not sick, Jared, I’m just

hadn’t thought grandma would be

to me. Besides, you two have a son together. The two

only smile. “You’re right, grandma.”

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

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

a specific place. Her Grandma had scattered the seeds randomly across the fields, so they had sprouted

Jared asked, approaching Agnes.

the vegetable garden, wearing rubber boots. Her

I can manage,” Agnes