Our house... Ella's eyes watered, because in recent years every time Melody mentioned something about the Shao's she would say "our family."
She nodded like a little girl, and said, "Grandma, I'll call you when I leave."
"I have a question to ask you."
"Grandma, What is it?"
After taking a deep breath, Melody asked, "It has been years. Have you forgiven Samuel? Is it possible for you to remarry him?"
Though Melody had known that Samuel was engaged to Catherine, she would never accept Catherine as her granddaughter-in-law.
In her heart, Ella was her only granddaughter-in-law.
Ella had been considering it as well. In the middle of the night, she had been thinking of him.
Yet she couldn't stop the anger and hate from affecting her, every time she thought of Jane.
"Grandma, he has a fiancée and he will marry her soon. It's impossible for us to get remarried now."
She murmured.
To everyone's surprise, Catherine defeated Emma and became engaged to Samuel.
Ella knew what she was capable of.
However, she was not as sly as Catherine back then.
"Ella, as long as you can forgive him, I will make him break off his engagement with that Catherine. If he refuses, then I'll beat the crap out of him till he says yes." Melody was aware that her grandson still had feelings for Ella, but she didn't know if Ella did.
Melody was serious about it. Nevertheless, Ella leaned on Melody's shoulder and said, "Grandma, that would be unnecessary. We are both good now. But you can still beat him when he stops me from seeing you.
Being single is not that bad. I don't need to rack my brains to please another guy or be irritated and mentally tortured."
"It still depends on your fates. But whatever happens, you'll always be my granddaughter."
"Thanks, Grandma."
Two hours later, she finally walked out of Melody's room. She held her children in her arms and stayed awake the whole night.
Five days later, it was time for Jerry and Melody to leave.
The four parted reluctantly. Ella said to her son, "Sweetie, be a good boy for your Grandma. Your sister and I will come and visit you soon."
Upon hearing that his mom and sister would visit them, Jerry was extremely delighted, "Yes, Mom. I'll wait for you and Jane."
"Well, Ella, the flight is boarding. You should go back now." Melody spoke, fighting back tears. Ella waved goodbye with tears in her eyes as she watched Melody getting on the plane holding Jerry's hand.
Melody reminded Jerry on the plane, "If your daddy asks where we have been after we return, don't say that we have met mom, okay? Tell him that we just visited numerous sites in Los Angeles."
Though Ella had reminded her son of it before, Melody was still afraid that Samuel might discover that they had met and stop them from traveling to see Ella ever again. Hence, she wanted her grandson to be prepared.
"Don't worry, grandma, I won't tell!" He never had.
Samuel went to meet his grandma and son in person at the airport in C country.
"Grandma." Samuel stubbed out the half burnt cigarette and threw it into the dumpster. Then he picked up little Jerry, who was getting heavier and heavier. "He has grown quite a bit in 5 days. What were you feeding him in America?" Samuel asked rhetorically.
Melody didn't want to talk to her grandson. When she looked at him, all she could see and think about was Jane.
She glared at Samuel and got in his brand-new Maserati.
Feeling confused, he put his son in the backseat of the car.
Then he placed the luggage, which was handed to him by other maid, in the trunk of the car.
When they arrived at the old house, Samuel volunteered to help Melody with the luggage, but she refused because there were many things that Ella had bought for them, as well as numerous pictures they had taken together.
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