"Oh, my darling, you're so sweet," Alice said and hugged Ernest in her arms. "Come here, give your aunt a hug."
Ernest spread his arms wide then retracted his arms hastily, and said shyly, "Auntie, my hands are covered in mud."
"It doesn't matter." Alice couldn't be bothered at all. "This little bit of mud is nothing to me. I'm so glad for your mommy. Now that we've found you, the both of us are really happy. I don't mind a bit of mud."
Ernest felt that Alice was rather friendly as she was not afraid of dirtying her clothes for the sake of hugging him.
Ernest extended his little hands and used his arms to hug Alice by the neck. He smiled happily and said, "Auntie, I'm happy too. It feels great to be loved by you."
"How sweet," Alice hugged him back tightly and picked him up. She looked at Grace and said excitedly, "Grace, remember how we were joking that Ernest looked like you? I can't believe that he is indeed your son. Now, Ernest is a part of our family for real."
Grace nodded as well and added, "Yeah, the first time I saw Ernest, I felt a strong bond. I didn't expect that he would turn out to be my other child."
"It's all because of those two b*stards, Marry and Simon. They separated your children from you and broke your family apart."
Alice still felt frustrated and enraged when she thought of this.
"What happened to them?" Grace hadn't received any updates about them. "Have they been sent to the police station?"
Alice immediately laughed and said, "Oh yeah. Simon finally received his karma last night. He was bitten by a dog so badly that he's in a bloody mess. But Marry was smart and did not get out of the car, so she was spared. Marry is in the police station now, and Simon is in the hospital. He lost half his ear, so he will probably have to rely on one side for the rest of his life."
Grace paused as she thought of something. She turned over and looked at Jensen.
Jensen smiled, as if everything was fine and what had happened had nothing to do with him.
Grace was a little astonished. Could it be that Jensen did not know what happened?
"Officer Charm, if a dog bit Simon, won't that be tied to you and Heinz?"
"No," Jensen replied. "There isn't sufficient evidence so he could only be considered unlucky."
Grace sighed. "Simon won't admit defeat so easily. I've misjudged him all these years. It wasn't until now that I understood what kind of a person he really is."
"Sometimes, we don't know each other very well even though we live together," Jensen added. "You don't have to worry about him. People like him are irrelevant."
"I'm worried that he'll take revenge on you in the future.'¹ Grace couldn't help but worry. If Simon had lost half his ear, he'd be disabled for the rest of his life.
"Grace,” Jensen said. "Heinz and I have been through a lot throughout these years. It's not that easy for us to be defeated. What's more, evil will not prevail. If he hadn't done such despicable things, he wouldn't have come to such an end. It's all his own fault."
"Yeah." Alice nodded and put Ernest down. "Ernest, go play with your brother. I will hug you later."
"Okay," Ernest replied and rushed off to play.
Alice looked at Grace and said, "Don't worry about it. Simon had caused both you and Ernest to be separated for so long. Have you forgotten about the suffering you went through for the past five years because of him?"
Grace shook her head. "I didn't forget."
"Then don't worry about it."
"Okay." Grace nodded. "You're right. He deserved it. There's nothing to be concerned about."
"That's right." Heinz's voice came from behind.
When Grace turned around and she saw him staring back at her. Grace could sense that he was unhappy.
He might have misunderstood her concern for Simon.
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