Ice and Fire novel Chapter 880

Afraid that Fred's anxiety might increase if he found out the full details about the woman in question, Greg didn't tell his Dad everything. At present, he just wanted to bring his Aunt back home with his father. For Sharon's safety, Greg was willing to go an extra mile as long as she agreed to come back home. He'd even apologize. But if that didn't work, he had decided to find her on his own, make peace with her and take care of her, even without Fred's support. By any means, he wanted to keep her out of harm's way.

"So... So... umm... we ask her to get back now?" Fred faltered. He was feeling completely at a loss.

"Yes. We need to call Aunt now and ask her to come back home. Then we pick up from there, okay?" Greg replied. Looking at a distressed Fred, he thought, 'Dad looks so distressed, which is not good for his advanced age. I really feel bad for him, ' Greg empathized.

"Okay. It's a good idea," Fred replied promptly. He put his shaking hand into his pocket and fumbled for his cell phone. "I will call your Aunt now," he said.

The old man pulled out the phone and called Sharon.

He got through to his wife after a long time.

"Hello," Sharon answered from the other end of line.

"It's, It's me," Fred stammered. He was so nervous that he didn't know what to say.

"What's up?" Sharon asked in an overbearing manner.

Greg who stood close to his father overheard their conversation. Noticing that his father got tense, he grabbed the phone from Fred's hand. "Where are you, Aunt?" he asked straightforwardly.

"Hello, Greg. What's up?" Sharon replied, sounding as irritable as she had done to Fred. Bluntly she talked to Greg; you'd think it was a spoiled brat with one of those 'I don't care' attitudes lashing out at street urchin.

Ignoring her needless emotional chatter, Greg interrupted her. "Dad and I have missed you," he began firmly. "When are you coming back, Aunt?" he asked, sounding so genuine and disarming. The top priority on his mind was to get Sharon back. For that he was prepared to overlook all of Sharon's past mistakes. Even now, he ignored her disrespectful chatter and provocations.

On hearing Greg's sensible, firm and unpretentious manner on phone, Sharon was slightly moved. But her pride stood in her path to forgiveness. "I thought I meant nothing to you and your Dad. You two teamed up with outsiders and bullied me. Why do you want me back?" she fired back, sarcasm and anger in her voice coloring every word she spoke.

Apparently, Sharon was still mad at Greg and his father for the humiliation she was subjected to at the party. Greg heaved a deep breath to reign in on his emotions. "I'm sorry for what you suffered at the party. I also know how I disregarded and went against you on other occasions. But while you are away, I've honestly had a change of heart. It not any different with Dad too. Ever since you left, he's been a worried, lonely man. At first, he thought he'd get over your love with time, but now he realizes it's only getting worse by the day. Lately, he has been sleepless most of the nights. And on the few occasions when sleep comes, he only wakes up from terrible nightmares. That's how bad it is here. Please, accept our sincere apologies and come back home. We do need you here," he apologized sincerely.