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.

years, and I remember every kindness. I know I’m getting forgetful, and I’m afraid I’ll forget everything one day. But before

aback. “Grandma, you…”

could fool me? If I was healthy, would you have brought me to the city and hired a team of doctors to look after me?

grandma would be so

girl. She’ll listen to me. Besides, you two have a son together. The two

only smile. “You’re

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

digging

were a kind of wild vegetable, not cultivated in a specific place. Her Grandma had scattered the seeds randomly across the

Jared

wearing rubber boots. Her hands and feet

can manage,” Agnes replied, glancing at