Next One Is a Babe novel Chapter 616

As soon as Sophia saw the small dirt patch, tears poured down her face, her heart clenching. Slowly walking over, she put down the things in her hands. “I’m here to visit you, Grandpa.” Her control snapping, she sobbed aloud. “I’m divorced, but John gave me a lot of things as compensation. I now have plenty of money, so life is great.” Her voice broke as she added, “I’m even… pregnant.”

The wind was quite strong on the mountains, rustling the tree leaves around her. Thereafter, she could no longer utter a single word, merely kneeling before the grave, weeping. After crying for an indeterminate time, she then wiped her tears away. “If only you were alive, you could see my child. After all, you love children.”

Taking the flower she bought, she placed it in front of the grave marker. “My mother came back some time ago and asked for my phone number. She claimed to miss me, but I don’t miss them. I don’t need them. Since you’re gone, I don’t need anyone else. I can live alone.” Then, she promised, “In the future, I’ll live here with my child and keep you company. I won’t be going anywhere else.”

It was afternoon when Sophia arrived back home. Many villagers knew that she was back, so they all came to visit her. As her eyes were red and swollen from all the crying she did, they knew what had happened the moment they glimpsed her countenance. Mrs. Hensley came over. “I’ve cooked some delicious food at my house, Sophia. Why don’t you come over and eat?”

A tad exhausted, Sophia replied, “I’d like to rest for a while, Mrs. Hensley. I’m a bit tired after such a lengthy round trip.”

Mrs. Hensley hurriedly nodded. “Yes, yes, of course. I forgot all about that! Go and rest first. I’ll bring the food over.”

There were other people in the courtyard. Sophia knew nothing back when her grandfather passed away, so it was these people who helped to settle his funeral. They also knew that she was now all alone, so these fellow villagers wanted to come over and look in on her.

Sophia took some chairs out for everyone before she sat down in the courtyard. An elderly man then started speaking of Sophia’s mother’s return some time ago, reckoning that she wanted to acknowledge Sophia as her daughter. Mrs. Hensley happened to be bringing the food over at this time, and she interjected, “Acknowledge Sophia? In her dreams! What has she been doing all those years? Now that she has fallen on hard times, she comes back after learning that her daughter has married a wealthy man!”

Sighing, the elderly man continued saying to Sophia, “From your mother’s dressing when she came back that time, I don’t think she’s all that well-off. Thus, she probably hasn’t had a good life all these years. As outsiders, we can’t meddle in that, so this is just for your knowledge. Sophia, you have no other relatives, and we all watched you grow up, so just tell us if there’s anything you find difficult to express. We’ll act in your stead so that you don’t have to be caught in a difficult position.”

Tears trickled down Sophia’s face again, but she tried her utmost best to keep her control intact. “I won’t acknowledge her.”

Everyone understood why she made such a decision. Subsequently, the person beside her sighed as well. “It’s understandable that you don’t want to acknowledge her. When your grandfather passed away, those two unconscionable wretches didn’t even come back for his funeral. You then married into a decent family, but well, is there really no one in your husband’s family who could come back with you this time? They must be unbothered since you don’t have anyone left on your side of the family.”

The elderly man hastily shot him a glare. “Zip it, Buddy!”

Sophia pursed her lips, for she knew that it was an affront to tradition in other people’s eyes when she came back alone to visit her grandfather’s grave. No one from the Constance Family has ever been here. Back when Grandpa passed away, they actually planned to have someone come to help me with his funeral, but Old Mr. Constance was also critically ill at that time and had been resuscitated time and again in the hospital, so they didn’t have any energy left to care about my affairs here.