Chapter 118

Just then, Mr. Kelleigh’s urging tone rang out at the other end of the phone. “Why aren’t you asking Grace to rush to the police station to withdraw the case so that our children can be

released!?”

“Released? Why should they be released? They’ve committed such an evil act, they should be locked up for as long as they

deserve!”

“They’re your own children! Do you have to do this for a person who doesn’t share our family name?”

“What are you talking about? She’s my daughter’s daughter!

Her mother isn’t here so this old woman must support her!”

“Are you doing this so no one will care for you when you’re old? Or are you going to depend on your granddaughter who has been to prison to provide for you and attend your funeral?”

old people continued their argument as if they had forgotten that the call was still connected. A moment passed before her grandmother realized that the phone was still on and

Grace replied.

such an immoral act. You don’t have

thought that Grandma was calling me to ask me to let go of the incident and not look into it. I

would be calling to support

by the other kids in town. When I was snivelling, Grandma would

Grandma will support Grace. We shouldn’t bully others but that doesn’t mean

my sake. If she couldn’t reason with them, she would even

a

a kid who had lost their mother and turned into a child

in Grandma’s eyes, I was always her darling.

to live in comfort! And yet, when I grew up, I

when Grandma heard the news of my incarceration, she was stricken with illness and struggled

little last

She’s bound to fall out with the family and might not even be able to

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