In the afternoon, Nana bid farewell to Jane and Patrick and drove alone to the supermarket to buy daily necessities.
Pushing the shopping cart between rows of shelves, Nana suddenly wondered if she was being too cruel.
Tomorrow, she would be taking her daughter to live in Naso, and they might not return for two to five years, or even longer.
It seemed heartless of her to not allow Carl to see his daughter even once.
In the end, Nana couldn’t bring herself to be so ruthless. While waiting in line to pay, she took out her phone.
“If you want to see our daughter, meet me at Smith’s Supermarket tonight at 7:30.”
This supermarket was not far from her home, and there was a children’s amusement park on the fourth floor.
Nana was afraid of affecting her parents’ emotions, so she didn’t invite Carl to their home. Instead, she planned to let him see their daughter here.
After composing the message, she sent it to Carl, considering it to be going above and beyond.
Just as Nana finished paying and was leaving the supermarket with her bags, her phone rang.
She thought it was Carl returning her call, but it turned out to be Jane calling.
“Nana, I forgot to ask earlier at the restaurant. What time is your flight tomorrow? I can come and see you off.”
Hearing Jane’s reluctance, Nana smiled and politely declined, “You don’t have to see me off. Take good care of the babies at home. My parents will take me to the airport.”
As Nana chatted with Jane on the phone while walking outside, she didn’t notice a pair of eyes watching her intently.
The nanny of the Waters family happened to be at the supermarket too, buying groceries. She overheard Nana talking about moving to Naso with her child.
Upon returning to the Waters family, the nanny immediately informed Mrs. Waters of this news.
“Madam, I ran into Nana at the supermarket, and I overheard her saying she’ll be taking a morning flight to Naso tomorrow.”
Mrs. Waters, who was applying a face mask with Grace, both sitting on the couch, tensed up upon hearing this news.
“What? Why is Nana going to Naso?”
Mrs. Waters straightened up, her eyes filled with surprise as she stared at the nanny.
“Yes, Madam. It seems she’s planning to settle there with her child,” the nanny replied, sharing the information she had overheard.
Upon learning this significant news, Mrs. Waters’ eyes sparkled.
“That’s good! She finally knows her place and won’t cling to Carl anymore!”
Mrs. Waters smiled smugly as she removed her face mask and tossed it into the trash bin. She crossed her legs and asked, “Are you sure he didn’t know about this?”
The nanny wasn’t entirely sure and responded based on her understanding, “Young Master went on a trip abroad, didn’t he? They shouldn’t have any contact…”
“Well, that’s true!”
Mrs. Waters raised an eyebrow, thinking that now that Nana had taken the initiative to leave with her child, she didn’t have to rack her brains to fight for custody.
For Mrs. Waters, since Nana had given birth to a burden, it didn’t matter who raised her granddaughter.
Besides, she also saved ten million in the process.
Mrs. Waters was in a great mood and turned to Grace. “I told you, didn’t I? Now that Nana has admitted defeat, Carl will soon forget about her completely!”
“Yes, you were right. You have great foresight,” Grace squeezed out a fake smile, echoing Mrs. Waters’ words, deliberately saying what she liked to hear.
However, deep inside, Grace was secretly plotting. Since Nana was leaving, why not seize this opportunity to completely eliminate this trouble?
After all, as long as Nana and the baby in her arms were alive, Carl would be entangled with them for the rest of his life.
After finishing the face mask session, Grace made an excuse to leave the villa. Before leaving, she made sure everything was in order for Nana’s service.
She decided to take decisive action and make Nana and Janelle disappear from this world.
As evening approached, Tracy, knowing that Nana would be leaving the next day, prepared a large table of food for her.
“Nana, eat more. Your mom worked hard to make this for you.”
“Yes, I made all your favorite dishes. From now on, I won’t be able to cook for you every day, and it doesn’t feel right in my heart.”
The couple urged Nana to eat, reluctant to see her and their granddaughter move out of the house.
“Thank you, Mom. You should eat too.”
Nana smiled faintly, feeling the warm and affectionate atmosphere, but there was an indescribable sadness in her heart.
The whole family sat at the dining table, and Tracy still had many things to say, constantly giving instructions to her daughter.
Jerry didn’t say much, he quietly served Nana food.
In no time, Nana finished dinner and helped her mother clean up the dishes.
She didn’t forget about her appointment with Carl, so she changed into suitable clothes and took Janelle out of the stroller.
“Mom, I’m taking Janelle out for a while.”
Nana didn’t explain much, planning to go quickly and return quickly.
“Where are you taking the child so late?”
“If you have something, you can go out by yourself. I’ll help you put Janelle to sleep.”
Both Jerry and Tracy didn’t quite agree with Nana taking her daughter out.
“I’m just going to buy something. I’ll be back soon.”
Nana found a feeble excuse and then walked towards the door while holding her daughter.
However, as she was about to touch the doorknob, she noticed a wisp of black smoke seeping in through the crack of the door.
Nana frowned and subconsciously asked her father, “Dad, there seems to be a lot of smoke in the hallway. Could it be a fire?”
Jerry was taken aback, intending to open the door to check, but suddenly heard a loud noise coming from the corridor.
“Oh no, something exploded!”
Jerry’s tone was urgent as he covered his nose with his sleeve, opened the door, and found that an electric bicycle had inexplicably appeared in the corridor, surrounded by roaring flames.
Looking at the scene outside the door, Nana was dumbfounded and immediately hid in the bedroom, closing the door.
The lithium battery of the electric bicycle had tremendous energy after the explosion, and when it encountered flammable materials, the fire grew rapidly.
In just a few seconds, the front door was blocked by fierce flames, and black smoke rushed in.
“Whose electric bicycle is this? How could it explode at our doorstep?”
Tracy looked puzzled, but before she could finish her sentence, she was choked by the smoke, coughing repeatedly.
Jerry believed that the fire should not spread to the house and made a decisive decision, “Let’s close the door first, then call the fire department!”
“Then close the door quickly, it’s choking…”
Tracy hurriedly said, picking up her phone, and as soon as she dialed 911, she saw the smoke in the living room increasing, and her eyes were beginning to sting.
“Old man, this won’t do! Look at the smoke in the house, I’m afraid we won’t wait for the firefighters to rescue us, we’ll suffocate first!”
Upon hearing Tracy’s complaint, Jerry also felt that his judgment was somewhat mistaken.
He knew that dense smoke in a fire could suffocate people, so he changed his mind, “Then hurry to the bathroom and get wet towels. I’ll go to the bedroom and call Nana!”
Jerry finished speaking and rushed into the bedroom in three steps, telling Nana that they had to escape immediately. He handed the wet towel given by Tracy to the mother and daughter.
“We can’t wait foolishly in the house. Who can bear being choked by smoke and fire? Let me take you out first!”
After speaking, Jerry wrapped the panicking Nana in a blanket and carried the mother and daughter horizontally, rushing outside.