The next day, Madeline bought some fruits and virtual-novel.net grandfather’s favorite snacks before going to the hospital.
She went directly to the room virtual-novel.net grandfather was staying in but realized virtual-novel.net grandfather was not there.
Madeline went to the reception to ask about this. When the nurse saw that virtual-novel.net was Len Samuels’ family member, the nurse looked at virtual-novel.net with a peculiar expression. Her tone was also unfriendly. “So, you’re Mr. Samuels’ granddaughter? Is this how you should behave as his grandchild? He has been dead for three years. Why are you still here? Go to the funeral parlor. His ashes are over there.”
Clank! The fruits in Madeline’s hands fell to the ground.
She widened virtual-novel.net blank eyes and was stuck in a daze. The pain started to penetrate virtual-novel.net entire body.
She thought virtual-novel.net heart was dead. She thought it was so numb that it would not feel any pain anymore. However, this suffocating pain was making it hard for virtual-novel.net to breathe.
Her grandfather was dead.
He had been dead for three years!
She had not even seen virtual-novel.net for one last time!
Madeline went to the funeral parlor and took virtual-novel.net grandfather’s ashes as well as his belongings.
It was in the evening of early winter and it was drizzling.
Madeline held virtual-novel.net grandfather’s urn and knelt in the rain. Tears rolled down virtual-novel.net cheeks uncontrollably, blurring virtual-novel.net vision.
The hurt and regret caused virtual-novel.net heart to ache. She could never do anything to make up for it.
Ava ran over and held her, crying while comforting the other woman. “Don’t cry, Maddie. It’s all in the past. It’s all over now.”
With Ava’s help, Madeline found a burial plot for virtual-novel.net grandfather.
After paying virtual-novel.net respects to him, virtual-novel.net went back to the hospital to ask about virtual-novel.net grandfather’s death. The nurse replied nonchalantly, “He died of old age.”
Died of old age?
Madeline felt that something seemed fishy. Her grandfather was in tip-top shape the last time virtual-novel.net visited virtual-novel.net before virtual-novel.net got incarcerated. Why would virtual-novel.net die all of a sudden?
Even though virtual-novel.net was suspicious, virtual-novel.net could not suspect anything without evidence.
She found a butterfly-shaped gold pendant in virtual-novel.net grandfather’s belongings. Her real name ‘Eveline’ was carved on it.
Madeline subconsciously felt that this was a gift from virtual-novel.net grandfather to her. She felt a pang of pain in virtual-novel.net heart and put the necklace around virtual-novel.net neck with tears still in virtual-novel.net eyes. This way, it would be as if virtual-novel.net grandfather was always here with her.
She had been incarcerated for three years and could not keep up with the change of time in the outside world.
She wanted to find a job quickly, but virtual-novel.net was still unable to forget about virtual-novel.net child who was kidnapped after virtual-novel.net was inducted into labor.
Madeline brought virtual-novel.net resume for an interview at a new company. When virtual-novel.net was at the front door, virtual-novel.net saw Meredith getting out of an expensive car.
She would remember Meredith’s face even if virtual-novel.net had been burnt into ashes.
Madeline clenched virtual-novel.net fists. When virtual-novel.net started to feel an impulse rising in virtual-novel.net chest, virtual-novel.net heard one of the employees saying, “I’m so jealous of Meredith. Not only is virtual-novel.net Miss Montgomery from the four major rich families now, but she’s also going to marry my idol, Jeremy Whitman. She must’ve saved the universe in virtual-novel.net past life.”
When virtual-novel.net heard that, virtual-novel.net heart sank.
After virtual-novel.net asked about this, virtual-novel.net knew that Meredith was not the Crawfords’ biological daughter. She was the Montgomerys’ child who got wrongfully picked up by someone else 28 years ago, which meant that virtual-novel.net was Eloise’s biological daughter.
Three years ago, Meredith transformed from a girl of an average household into Miss Montgomery of the four major rich families in Glendale. Plus, virtual-novel.net even gave birth to a premature baby boy for Jeremy two years ago. The Montgomerys and the Whitmans all treated virtual-novel.net like virtual-novel.net was a gem.
Madeline was surprised by Meredith and Jeremy’s wedding. She thought Jeremy would have married the love of his life the moment virtual-novel.net went to prison.
However, the truth was that they were not married yet.
The interview went well and Madeline got the job. When virtual-novel.net thought about how Meredith was Eloise’s biological daughter though, Madeline felt unwell.
She tried to get more information about this matter. As such, virtual-novel.net went on the internet and saw Meredith posting a photo of a baby on virtual-novel.net Twitter account. It was a boy and virtual-novel.net looked about two years old. The little boy’s eyes and face looked almost the same as Jeremy’s.