But since he had come looking for her himself, she might as well ask him something else. “You didn’t tell your family why your leg pot brokan, did you?
Otherwise, the Potters wouldn’t have stayed this silent…
At the very least, Linda, who doendon Maurice as though he weir her life, would have stormed over to demand justice from Sebastia
Maurane shook his head “No, I didn’t.”
Lean called an eyebrow, “Why not? I thought you’d be dying to see Sel
I’ll settle my soon with him eventually, I don’t need my parents getting involved.” Beane gave him a look. “Hala. A least you’ve got a little barkbone Anything else! “Grandma keeps asking soling you to see her. If you’re love, let’s go today.”
- ng. You want me to put in a good word for you so
“Ol…” Eleanor’s voice trailed off, as if she had realized something “So, that’s why you suddenly decided to act like a man being. Henrietta will unfreeze your funkyarda, don’t you?”
Yeah, right
Stil, Henrietta had always treated Eleanor well, expecially atter she lost hea páteis Henileita would often take her in and look after het. Ever since she come back to lule, she had to caught up with everything else to visit Eternaletta.
ven’t seen Henietta in a while. Fine, go with you.”Eleanor said. “I’m free today, ampway it let me make this clear I’m not going to put in a good word for
There was no way she was letting him diary hero.
Henrietta was 80 years old, but she had sharp eyesight and a clear mind. She moved around with ease and didn’t even have high blood pressure, diabetes, of cholesterol issues.
She found the Porter residence too noëzy, so the chose to live alone in a small house on the outskirts of the city, with a front yard and a backyard.
The front yard was fenced in and filled with various bruns and vegetables. The backyard was enclosed, where she kept chickens and ducks.
Everytime Eleanor came here, she felt as if she was taking a brief escape from the city
“Hensēta?” Eleanor called out as soon as she got out of the car.
Henrietta was in a rocking chair on the porch, her eyes half–closed. The moment she heard Eleanor’s voice, the immediately opened Ithem.
“le, you’re here! Henrietta exclaimed.
lent ran over and plopped right onto Hemale’s lap. Of course, she kept her feet on the ground, supporting most of her weight hersell.
apping her arms around Henrietta’s neck, Eleanor asked, “Why are you sitting out here? Sunbathing?”
tapor was a natural at acting sweet. Her charm was effortless and durable
When Maurice walked over and saw her like this, his heart stirred
Henrietta let out a hearty laugh. Of course My heart feels cold, sell have to warm my body up in the son.”
Eleanor tilted her head “Why does your heart feel cold?”
“Because you couldn’t be grandaughter–in–law, of course! You two were childhood sweethearts. You grew up together and practically made it to the wedding. But then an accident happened It’s been keeping me up at night!”
Eleanor chuckled. “Why don’t I count as your granddaughter–in–law when Sebastian is also your grandson?
Maurice called. “Him? Asi
Henrietta shohim a sharp glace.
She wasn’t particularly close to Sebastian. To be precise, Sebastian wasn’t close to anyone in the Porter family. But she still acknowledged him as her grandson.
Desides, he was Eleanor’s husband now. Even if it was just for Eleanor’s sake, she would still favor him
1encita patted Eleanor’s hand. “Sebastian is a good kid, ton. He just doesn’t visit often ing him along next time.”
“Alright!” Eleanor agreed.
Maurice carried out two wooden chairs from the house, even placing a cushion on Eleanor’s seat.
Henrietta beamed. “I go make some whisperleaf tea. Both of you loved it when you were kids. With a bit of salt, it’s both delicious and great for cooling down and detoxifying”
Wispeceat was a medicinal herb. Henrietta had a whole patch of it growing in a corner of her yard. She picked some and washed it under the faucet.
Seeing her so full of energy, Eleanor felt relieved
In her past life, when she had married Maurice, Henrietta had been overjoyed at first. But she was sharp–she had quickly realized that their marriage was just for show and began sighing
vetit constantly. She blamed herself for finding them together and turning them is a miserable couple.
Then, one stormy night, when she had gone out to cover her vegetable garden with plastic sheets to protect it from the rain, she had slipped and fell
The next morning, Eleanor ad tried calling her, but no one answered. Panicked, she had red to the little garden, only to find that incletta was alleady gone.
When a thought back to it, her nose stung, tears welling up in her eyes.
she quickly snitted and wiped her nose, afraid Henrietta would notice. But just then, someone handed a handuriched to her.
