Filed to story: My Gorgeous Wife is an Ex-Convict Novel by Anastasia Marie
“Tell me, what will Grace think if she finds out the truth someday?” Master Reed said.
Jason suddenly smiled, but his eyes were cold. “She’ll never know the truth.”
Master Reed grunted. “Do you think that’s possible? Now that
I know, I’m sure one day, she’ll also…”
He did not get to finish his sentence before he was interrupted by Jason. “She’ll never know. Right, Grandfather?”
His cold voice spoke at a volume that only the two of them could hear. Master Reed saw a threatening flash in his grandson’s eyes.
This grandson of his even dared to threaten him for the sake of a woman? An uneasy feeling welled up in Master Reed’s heart.
Would it be true that in the future, his grandson would not be controlled by a woman?
Could things get worse?
Over the weekend, Grace rode the bus to the hospital where her grandmother was.
Grandmother’s ward, however, was crowded with relatives.
When they saw Grace, their faces were filled with all sorts of expressions.
Especially her first uncle, second uncle, third aunt, and their families. They looked at Grace with fear and hatred.
Grace did not bother to know what was on their minds. All she cared about was her grandmother’s illness.
“Grace,” her grandmother looked at Grace and called out with some difficulty. “Come here, let me take a good look at you.”
Grace walked over to her bedside and took her by the hand.
“Grandmother.”
“I know, I’m sorry you had to go through all that.” Grandmother’s eyes began to moisten.
“I just want you to get better, Grandmother,” Grace said.
Her third aunt, who was beside them, could not help but complain, “Mom, just what did she go through? We’re the ones who had to go through all that, okay! We were locked up for so long…”
“You’re the one to talk!” Her grandmother glared at her third aunt.
Her third aunt seemed to refuse to obey and wanted to say something else but was stopped by the other relatives. Several other relatives helped ease the mood. The topic was over.
Her grandmother took Grace by hand and talked a lot. However, since she was still ill, it was not long before she felt a little tired.
The nurse came in and told everyone to leave so that the patient could rest.
Outside the ward, some of her relatives left first. Grace’s grandfather, Old Mr. Kelleigh, said, “Although your grandmother’s illness is just dragging on, the medical expenses still cost a lot of money. How about this? All of you spread it out, and everyone can just contribute a fraction of it.”
Her first uncle, second uncle, third aunt, and their families seemed to have known about this all along. They all looked at
Grace at once.
All of a sudden, Grace knew what they were up to. The only reason they called her over was to get her to pay the fees.
If she guessed it right, these people in front of her would have prepared what they were going to say.
Sure enough, once Old Mr. Kelleigh finished, her first uncle. immediately said, “Dad, we don’t have any money. I don’t even have the money for my son to get married. Otherwise, my Hogan’s wedding wouldn’t be dragged until now.”
“Yes, Dad, we don’t have money!” Her second uncle also joined in immediately before bitterly turning his face to Grace.
“Grace, if our family wasn’t poor, we wouldn’t have thought about marrying you into the Miller family.”
“So just because you’re poor, you can marry me to a fool? Do you have the right to do so just because you’re poor?” Grace said coldly.
While her second uncle was frozen in place, her first uncle said with a look of dissatisfaction, “Your two cousins don’t even have wives. They’re responsible for carrying on the Kelleigh family line. Your grandmother has always been so kind to you. Don’t you want to repay her? Besides, you’ve been to prison. It’ll be nice if someone is willing to marry you!”
“Grandmother’s the one who is good to me, not you. Why should I repay you with my body?” Grace was amused.
Some people would always be so selfish. They only thought about how others should give them, but never about what they had given others.
“Well then, since you’ve also said that it’s your grandmother who is good to you, then you should also bear some of the cost for her medical expenses.” Her third aunt looked as if she had caught Grace by her words. Her face was full of pride.
Grace was not surprised that her third aunt would say so. She simply stood quietly to see what her third aunt would say next.
Her third aunt then continued. “Grace, you should have told us earlier that you know a big shot. We wouldn’t have had such a misunderstanding then. We just want you to have someone to rely on in the future!”
“I don’t know where you got your luck, Grace. You even know someone so important. Does that man know that you’ve been to prison? You’re not keeping anything from him, are you?” Her cousin Stella Lindsay said sourly.
She had never seen the man but heard her first uncle and second uncle describing the scene and the man’s appearance. After hearing it, she felt extremely jealous. Why did Grace have such a big shot like him to protect her?
Should not all men look down at a woman who had been to prison?
Grace just smiled coldly, still in silence.
Her third aunt gave her daughter a gentle sigh, then said to Grace, “Now that you have someone to back you up, that’s your capability. Surely you are not short of money, so why don’t you bear all your grandmother’s medical expenses? Besides, we’re always traveling to the hospital to accompany her. You should reimburse us for the trips and meals. Your grandmother needs people to help her eat, drink, and use the toilet, so we need to hire a caretaker for her as well. All this will probably cost 200,000 a year. If your grandmother’s medical bills increase again in the future, we’ll figure it out when the time comes.”
“Let’s do it this way then,” Old Mr. Kelleigh concluded after her third aunt finished. “Grace, transfer 200,000 into your first uncle’s bank account later.”
“I didn’t agree to this,” Grace said bluntly.
Everyone’s faces changed immediately. Her third aunt directly blurted out, “What do you mean?”
“That means I’m not going to give you 200,000!” Grace coldly said, “I never said that I know any big shots. Grandmother is also your mother. You have to take care of her too. Don’t you find it ridiculous to ask a maternal granddaughter like me to cover your travel fares and all of Grandmother’s medical bills?
“Grace, you’re wrong to say so. Your first uncle and second uncle witnessed with their owns the big shot carrying you out of Feng’s residence that day.”
“I don’t know anything. All I remember is that I was drugged by my first uncle and second uncle,” Grace said mockingly. “Maybe he was just doing me a favor. I can’t stand to see people cheat their niece like this. Why don’t First Uncle and Second Uncle tell me who the big shot is so that I can go and thank him.”
Old Mr. Kelleigh and his children looked at each other.
She did not know? Was that possible?!
“Grace, you need to pay the money no matter what. Your grandmother only got sick because you got the police to arrest your first uncle, second uncle, and third aunt,” Old Mr. Kelleigh said.
“Grandfather, you’re wrong to say that. I’m the victim here. The police were just doing their jobs. None of this would have happened if First Uncle, Second Uncle, and Third Aunt didn’t conspire me to marry a fool. If Grandfather thinks I’ve wronged them, why don’t we go to the police and find out?”