S21 47. For Barbara’s Sake

While the others were starting to forget what had happened, Melanie paced back and forth in her room. Sometimes she bit her finger, sometimes she sighed.

“It’s bad! This is really bad.” Gritting her teeth, Melanie slammed herself into the chair. “If Barbara isn’t here tonight, I’ll miss my inheritance.”

Melanie racked her brain. After a moment of silence, her ragged breathe subsided.

“But if no one reports this to Morris, doesn’t it mean that I’m safe?”

Her head tilted in consideration.

“Yeah…. He can’t possibly monitor this house 24 hours a day. I just need to make sure Barbara is here when Morris comes.”

Filling her lungs with hope, Melanie grabbed her phone. Despite a bit difficulty, she finally managed to log into Barbara’s account.

All I need to do now is pretend to be Barbara. Everyone will have think that she still lives here.”

Melanie photographed the view from her window. Then, imitating Barbara’s language style, she made a caption. “My favorite place in the house. Perfect for relaxing with tea and some fresh air.”

In just a few minutes, dozens of people flooded the comments column. Neither one suspected that it wasn’t Barbara. Knowing her plan had worked, Melanie curled up her lips.

“Good. Now what I need to think about is how to persuade Barbara to come back here.”

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Once again, Melanie tried to contact her daughter, but the cellular operator’s voice greeted her again.

“Insolent child,” Melanie cursed while clutching her phone. “It’s

useless for me to love her all this time if in the end, she’s just a burden. Instead of giving me a rich son-in-law, she actually put me at risk of losing my gold.”

While Melanie continued to grumble, in another room, Emily could already smile. She only whined again when Nora was about to clean her wound with alcohol. However, after Frank and Kara persuaded her, she finally agreed.

“Mommy, should Emily get an injection by Doctor Wela? Her wound wasn’t treated immediately. The germs could have entered her body,” Louis said with round eyes.

In an instant, the curve of Emily’s lips turned downward. Hugging her parents’ arms tighter, she looked up. “Mommy, Daddy, do I need an injection?”

Smiling faintly, Kara stroked Emily’s hair. “No, Little Bee. Louis just scared you.”

“But I’m serious, Mommy. It’s possible that there were many germs. that had grown in Emily’s wounds. They were circulating in the blood because Emily didn’t kill them immediately with alcohol.”

son with a

his head. His shoulders drooped listlessly.” Sorry, Daddy. I just wanted to

He glanced at Kara. Her expression was also sad. The

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her

doesn’t Grandma Melanie love us? Is it because we are naughty

heavy. “No, Princess. You are not naughty kids. You are sweet children who Daddy and Mommy

always rude and angry. with us.” Emily’s eyes filled with tears again. Her voice was getting. more and

us at all,” Louis continued. “Even when Emily fell earlier, Grandma didn’t feel guilty. She wasn’t moved

for a moment. After taking a deep breath, he pulled Louis onto his lap.

love you. It’s just that she doesn’t realize it. She doesn’t know how

realize? If she keeps being like this, I’d rather

are you talking like that? That’s not good, Little Bee. You should be grateful you still have a grandmother.”

Susan,” Louis

and she loves us. I think one grandma is

arm.

After blinking, he let out a soft

you are heartbroken to be treated like that by Grandma

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got to know your two grandmothers.”

“Did you ever meet your two grandmothers, Daddy?”

pursed his lips. “Only one.”

Rowan’s wife?” Louis guessed in a confident

“In fact, I

Frank pitifully. “Is

His eyes narrowed, choosing his words carefully.

know that Grandma Melanie and her husband

The Twins nodded.

that earlier. Auntie was very

confused about whether to live with her

smiled wryly. “Grandpa Rowan and his wife also separated, long before Daddy was born.”

now? Is she still alive?”

never heard

of her hands rose to support her cheek. “That’s very sad.

“Back when I was your age, I often wondered what your great-grandmother

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