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

was taken aback. “Grandma, you…”

team of doctors to look after me? I know my own body. I’m

hadn’t thought grandma would be

grandma said, “don’t worry. Agnes has always been a good, obedient girl. She’ll listen to me. Besides, you two have a son together. The two people who mean

could only smile. “You’re right, grandma.”

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

Agnes was digging up some wild greens in the

cultivated in a specific place. Her Grandma had scattered the seeds randomly across the fields, so they had sprouted everywhere. And with the snow covering the ground, picking them

Jared asked,

garden, wearing rubber boots. Her hands and feet must have been freezing.

I can manage,” Agnes replied, glancing at Jared.