Angeline continued to remain calm and collected as she probed further. "Granny, since you’ve been married a few times, I wonder if you have children or grandchildren?"
The granny's expression instantly darkened. "Yes, I d o. I’ve given birth to children for every one of my husbands. And I've exchanged my children for my freedom.”
When the granny described the thrilling first half of her life, her tone was very calm. However, in Angeline's heart, there was a stormy sea.
"Exchanged your children for your freedom? Did your husbands try to imprison you?"
Angeline was in disbelief because she had every reason to believe that Grand Old Master Ares was a very reasonable man.
The granny shook her head and smiled bitterly. "They all loved me, so naturally, they wouldn’t try to imprison my body and make me unhappy. However, they disallowed me from doing things that I love, which to me, was simply as good as being dead. So I gave birth to children for them, and the children became my husbands' spiritual sustenance. I was also able to walk away more at ease that way."
Angeline had an epiphany. The reason was that the things the granny in front of her loved doing would cause catastrophic events. Her husbands had forbidden her from showing her face in public to do research in the medical field she loved for the sake of the family's safety.
Angeline could not judge the granny's right from wrong. She might not have been an excellent wife or a good mother, but she was loyal to her career, which was also a commendable dedication.
Angeline suddenly shook the granny's hand and asked gently, "Then, do you miss them?"
The granny gave it a serious thought before answering, "I’d be lying to say that I don't. But when I think about the huge disasters I would've brought to them, I know that it's useless to think of them.
Besides, I can no longer see them in this lifetime. So i n their hearts, I must merely be a person from the past."
Angeline was sure at this moment that this older woman was the rumored medical genius, Mr. Boye.
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