Carl had initially planned to go out and find a house, but Nana, considering his recent dedicated work on the script, didn’t want him to be distracted.
After some discussion, Carl promised Nana that he would finish writing the script first.
Three days later, Nana woke up in the morning to take care of the baby’s feeding. Carl, due to staying up late every night, was still asleep.
She quietly prepared the formula and fed the baby before placing her in the crib.
At that moment, Carl groggily opened his eyes and saw Nana’s figure, realizing that he had slept until almost seven o’clock.
“Nana, why didn’t you wake me up?” Carl asked with concern.
“You slept late, so I thought you could use some more sleep,” Nana smiled softly, turning to enter the bathroom to freshen up.
Soon, Carl followed her into the bathroom, hugging her affectionately while speaking, “I have good news for you. I finished writing the script last night, and I have a meeting with Hailey later. After that, I’ll go out and find a house.”
Since Mrs. Waters returned home, Nana’s appearance had become somewhat haggard again.
She gave a faint “Hmm” and then remembered that she hadn’t encouraged Carl yet.
“I wish you all the best and hope you can successfully promote your work.”
With Nana’s blessing, Carl’s confidence soared. “That’s for sure. Don’t forget, my major in college was screenwriting!”
In fact, if it weren’t for Mrs. Waters forcing him to become an actor on the screen, Carl would have preferred to be an unknown behind-the-scenes worker.
After a moment, the two went downstairs for breakfast, coincidentally encountering Mrs. Waters and Grace coming out of the dining room.
They glanced at each other but didn’t say a word.
After finishing breakfast, Carl hurriedly left the house. He had had enough of the oppressive atmosphere at home and just wanted to move out with Nana as soon as possible.
However, he didn’t expect that right after he left the house, under Grace’s provocation, Mrs. Waters knocked on the bedroom door.
At that moment, Nana was standing by the window, holding the baby. Hearing the knock on the door, she thought it was Emily delivering fruits.
But when she opened the door and saw Mrs. Waters and Grace standing in front of her, she was momentarily stunned, catching a glimpse of Mrs. Waters’ usual dark expression.
“Mrs. Waters, do you need something from me?” she calmly inquired. After all, in this house, they generally kept to themselves.
However, Mrs. Waters looked resentful, gritting her teeth and said, “Still pretending to be innocent in front of me? Did you put laxatives in Grace’s porridge?”
Nana’s eyes widened at the baseless accusation, shaking her head to deny, “No, I haven’t. In the past few days, besides eating in the dining room, I haven’t even entered the kitchen.”
Although that was the truth, Mrs. Waters didn’t believe it at all.
“You say you haven’t been in the kitchen, but Milena saw you. Should I call her up?” Mrs. Waters threatened.
Hearing that, Nana looked at Mrs. Waters’ arrogant face and calmly replied, “Sure, I haven’t been in the kitchen, so it doesn’t matter if Milena comes up.”
Afterward, Mrs. Waters actually called the maid to the door, and under her questioning, Milena directly pointed out that Nana not only entered the kitchen but also performed suspicious actions.
Nana, feeling falsely accused, had to defend herself alone.
“Milena is lying! I’ve been busy taking care of the child every day. How would I have time to plot against you?” Nana found it amusing that Mrs. Waters would go to such lengths to find fault and even involve the staff in their act.
However, Mrs. Waters was adamant, holding Grace’s hand and accusing, “If you didn’t put laxatives in the food, then why did Grace have diarrhea all night? Can’t you see how pale her face is now?”
This morning, Grace’s complexion was indeed not good. Nana wasn’t sure if she was sick or not, but she continued to deny, saying, “Her diarrhea last night has nothing to do with me. If you want to blame me, just say it outright!”
Living with Mrs. Waters was indeed full of trouble, as Nana had anticipated.
Upon hearing Nana’s strong attitude, Mrs. Waters became even more aggressive and immediately retorted angrily, “Don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. Is it not enough that you deny it verbally? You just want Grace to have a miscarriage, don’t you?”
“Let me tell you, even if something happens to the child in Grace’s belly, I still consider her the daughter-in-law!”
“As for you, you’re nothing more than my son’s lover. You shamelessly got pregnant, and your daughter is no different from an illegitimate child!”
Mrs. Waters continued to attack Nana, and her loud voice soon frightened the baby, making her cry.
Angry at their behavior, Nana exclaimed, “You’ve gone too far. Since you enjoy slandering at me, I’ll just leave!”
After saying that, she turned to pick up the baby, having no attachment left to this place.
Although she had promised to wait for Carl to find a house before moving out, the current situation indicated that staying here for one more second would only invite more trouble.
With a loud slam, Nana closed the door and quickly comforted her daughter, then packed her belongings in preparation to leave.
Mrs. Waters, hearing Nana coming out, hurriedly followed behind her.
“You want to run away after doing something wrong? Aren’t you afraid of facing the consequences?”
Mrs. Waters persisted, scolding and blocking Nana, intending to continue arguing with her.
The piercing shouting made Nana’s head ache. She stopped by the staircase and declared sternly, “I’ve already said this has nothing to do with me. Please stop harassing me!”
“Who’s harassing whom? You drugged Grace, and you have the nerve to talk back?” Mrs. Waters replied in a loud voice.
Mrs. Waters had no idea that Grace was only pretending to be ill, nor did she know that Milena had been bribed with money.
Yesterday, Grace happened to overhear Milena and Emily chatting, learning that Milena was planning to quit and return to her hometown. Grace decided to take this opportunity to make her do something for her.
With a reward of 2, 000 dollars, Grace convinced Milena to help her play this role.
Unable to bear Mrs. Waters’ relentless pursuit, Nana shook off her hand and prepared to go downstairs.
However, Mrs. Waters didn’t think Nana should get away with it so easily. She planned to keep her until Carl returned, so that her son could see Nana’s true colors with his own eyes.
“Don’t leave just yet! This matter can’t be left unresolved!” Mrs. Waters insisted.
She reached out and dragged Nana, causing the baby to start crying again in the chaos.
“Are you crazy? Let go!” Nana couldn’t tolerate the risk of harming her daughter in the midst of their struggle. She couldn’t take it anymore and dropped her suitcase, forcefully pushing Mrs. Waters away.
Mrs. Waters stumbled and took several steps before regaining her balance.
“This is outrageous! How dare you push me?” she exclaimed.
She realized that Nana was quite strong, and in her anger, she lunged at her.
At that moment, Grace ran out of the room and witnessed the two women fighting. She hurriedly tried to intervene.
“Stop fighting! Please stop fighting!”
Grace shouted, attempting to separate Mrs. Waters and Nana.
However, Mrs. Waters was still in a fit of rage and completely ignored Grace’s pleas.
Amidst the chaos at the staircase, Grace realized she couldn’t persuade them. Taking advantage of the confusion, she ended up behind Nana.
Unaware of her presence, Nana was busy soothing the baby while fending off Mrs. Waters’ attacks. Unintentionally, she took a step back and accidentally bumped into Grace.