Please Be Gentle With Me Mr Grant novel Chapter 37

Wilbert had just come back when Carrie babbled everything that had happened in the afternoon to him. She skimmed over the bad parts, and as he heard about the matter, Wilbert frowned.

He had a rough idea of what Carrie and Louise got up to, but if they didn’t go too far, he’d just let them be. Louise really had gone too far this time, though.

Still, Louise wasn’t his actual daughter, and if he mistreated her and word got out, they’d probably start talking about him behind his back about how he was cold and ruthless to a daughter he didn’t spawn.

“Since it’s Dad’s decision, he must have his own considerations. Don’t fret,” Wilbert said.

“Don’t fret? How am I supposed not to fret? Oh… Wilbert, back then when you married me, you swore up and down that you were going to treat Louise as your own daughter. She’s just made a small mistake, and you Grants are doing this to her, like you’re going to chase us out… oh… you horrid, horrid man!”

Carrie wailed, talking about Wilbert like he was some mustache twirling villain. Wilbert’s face turned livid.

He’d chosen Carrie in the beginning because she’d attracted him, but with her crying and wailing like this, all he felt was a headache. What had possessed him back then to take on such a difficult woman?

“All right, stop crying, I’ll go talk to Dad.”

As she heard what Wilbert said, Carrie feigned the act of wiping her tears away, all while a smile floated up on her lips.

It wasn’t completely dark outside and Wilbert was about to go plead for mercy with Alan. Then he found that Mr. Johnson had taken a shivering Louise outside.

“Mom, Dad, I’m freezing…”