The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge

Chapter 561

Great-Grandfather was well over seventy now. As he often said with a wry smile, every year he lived was one year less, and his life was already in its final countdown. Gwyneth couldn't shake the fear that this visit might be their last goodbye.

She didn't want to face the pain of parting. She simply couldn't bear it.

Gwyneth stopped struggling and let herself rest against Hawthorne, breathing in the faint, comforting scent of his cologne. Somehow, it calmed her.

Three hours later, the helicopter touched down on the rooftop of Starfall Medical Center. Gwyneth felt a gentle pat on her cheek-Hawthorne's hand.

She jolted awake, realizing only then that they'd landed.

"We're here?"

She'd slept the entire three-hour journey, not a single dream disturbing her rest. That alone felt miraculous.

But she had no time to dwell on miracles. Her only thought was to see her great- grandfather, to make sure she wasn't too late.

She broke into a run, only to stop short when she realized she was on the hospital's rooftop. Confused, she turned to Hawthorne.

"Where are we?"

She'd thought he would take her straight to her great-grandfather's old house.

"This is the rooftop of Starfall Medical Center. Wasn't your great-grandfather brought here?"

He'd brought her directly to the hospital so she

"Thank you."

to dash off again, but Hawthorne caught her by the arm, steering

"The elevator's this way."

realizing how flustered she was. Ducking her head,

"Oh-right."

in mild exasperation. Where had her usual

hand-afraid she

Gwyneth pulled out her phone and

to the hospital," she

visited the old man earlier in the day and was now home with Celia and Chris. Only Victoria was still

"I did. How's Great-Grandfather?"

with a nurse. Your mother's with

so she didn't linger on the call. She hurried straight to the private

was quiet and still. Great-Grandfather lay peacefully on the bed, eyes closed, frail and shrunken in a way that made her heartache. In her memories, he'd always been

nose stung and her eyes filled with

came to see you," she whispered, her

with emotion.

her presence, Thorpe slowly

lines of his face softened into

Ah, Great-Grandpa really doesn't have much time left. I knew you weren't in Starfall, but lately I've been dreaming of