The Unfaithful Mr. Scott novel (Eugene and Melanie)

Chapter 251

Sally stood aside, giving Melanie space to get to her grandfather.

However, Melanie felt her steps were heavy, as though rocks were tied to her legs. She looked at her grandfather on the hospital bed.

Her grandfather had accompanied her through her childhood, stepping on puddles in the rain and flying kites during sunny days.

He even read her bedtime stories and made her paper planes.

When Albert was young, he was handsome and charming. His outstanding genes could be seen in Dylan and Melanie.

Melanie stood by the bed. Her hands were trembling as she stared at the old man before her. The stroke had distorted half of his face, and even his mouth was slanted in a weird angle.

However, her grandfather still moved his lips as though he had many things to say to Melanie.

Melanie found it difficult to understand what he was talking about with the oxygen mask covering his mouth and his distorted facial features.

Anxious, Albert stared straight into Melanie’s eyes with his cloudy eyes. A tear rolled down the wrinkles at the corner of his eyes.

eyes were red as she held back her tears, afraid of showing

her sorrow and wipe her grandfather’s tears with a piece of tissue as she tried to make herself sound

finger but said nothing. All he did was hint Melanie to look at

soon realized what Albert meant and placed her palm under his

word slowly, but it was still difficult for him. When he finished the whole sentence, his hand fell on the bed, and he closed his eyes

hospital, she looked for a caretaker for her

written on her hand, asking her to return to the nursing home and open the second drawer in

head felt heavy as she drove back.

drawer her grandfather mentioned and took out a small box. The emotions Melanie suppressed along

sat on the ground, leaning against the closet with the box in her arms. She buried her head between her

her contained two bank cards with notes stuck

the notes was Albert’s writing. One was labeled as ‘Melanie’s wedding gift,‘ and the other was labeled ‘Also

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new writing. Maybe Albert added this sentence recently. On the note was ‘Don’t give

she cried silently in grief.

scene of her grandfather writing the notes seriously on his

leaving. She knew why Albert wanted her to take the bank cards. He was afraid he wouldn’t be able to live until the day he could