After much contemplation, Mrs. Waters felt that her gentle persuasion approach was too mild, causing Carl to ignore her completely.
She let out a powerless sigh, seeing that Carl remained unmoved. Suddenly, she erupted with intense emotions.
“It’s all my fault! I deserve to die, I am an eternal sinner!”
Mrs. Waters lay on the ground, lamenting and confessing, rolling around.
“If I hadn’t separated the two of you in the first place, Nana wouldn’t have died, the child wouldn’t have died, and perhaps Nana’s parents wouldn’t have had an accident.”
Mrs. Waters wept bitterly in front of the graves, still seeing no response from Carl. She continued to apologize, shouting and begging.
“Carl, please forgive me. I shouldn’t have had prejudices against Nana, I shouldn’t have meddled in your love life. Now, I apologize to you, and I promise not to interfere in your personal matters anymore…”
In order to mend the relationship between them, Mrs. Waters unleashed her acting skills, disregarding her usual dignified image, and tightly held onto Carl’s arm, pleading while crying.
But Carl remained like a statue, unmoved by any of the surrounding noises or theatrics.
After a moment, Mrs. Waters had lost her voice from shouting, realizing that Carl still refused to forgive her. She could only resort to a more desperate approach.
“Fine! Since you won’t forgive me, then I will apologize with death. I will repay everything owed to the Lawson family!”
With that, Mrs. Waters quickly got up and was about to crash into Nana’s tombstone.
However, Carl, with his lowered gaze, couldn’t see anything. His heart was like ashes, and he had no interest in any performance Mrs. Waters put on.
Just as Mrs. Waters was about to collide, Grace rushed forward to stop her.
“Don’t be impulsive. Don’t do something foolish!”
Grace tightly hugged Mrs. Waters from behind, pulling her back with force.
“Let go of me! Let me smash myself to death! That way, I won’t owe anything to Nana and my granddaughter.”
Mrs. Waters cried hoarsely, tearing at her heart. “Now, my own son won’t forgive me. What’s the point of me being alive? I am a failed mother, I don’t deserve to be human!”
Hearing Mrs. Waters’ passionate act, Grace also wailed in the dark night.
“I beg you, please don’t do this. Actually, I am also responsible. It was me who destroyed your relationship with Nana. If I had known, I would have kept my love for you in my heart.”
…
The once tranquil cemetery was now in chaos. Eventually, the administrator heard the commotion and came to persuade them.
Faced with this awkward situation, Carl stood up without saying a word and walked away.
As Carl’s figure disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye, Grace dragged Mrs. Waters from behind, trying to catch up.
“Carl, don’t go. Your mother is exhausted from crying. Please come and help us. I can’t move her by myself…”
Hearing Grace shouting at the top of her lungs, this time Carl stopped in his tracks.
In the darkness, Grace couldn’t see Carl’s face clearly, but she heard his cold retort, “Are you performing for ghosts?”
With those words, Carl left the cemetery without looking back.
Carl’s heart was already dead, and his willpower was completely shattered.
He seemed to have turned into a cold-blooded creature, unaffected even when his mother was on the brink of life and death.
With the first act concluded, Mrs. Waters and Grace returned home disheartened.
Sitting on the sofa, Mrs. Waters leisurely sipped her tea, shaking her head with a sigh. “It seems that Carl is truly traumatized. Apart from the child, no one will be able to awaken him.”
“Yes, we shouldn’t go looking for him for now. We should quickly bring the child back from the welfare home,” Grace agreed in response.
After discussing, Mrs. Waters and Grace decided to do a good deed the next day and visit the welfare home under Carl’s name.
However, they needed to inform Carl about this matter, so Mrs. Waters decided to make a big fuss and make it known to everyone.
The next afternoon, Mrs. Waters and Grace arrived at the welfare home. In the morning, they had bought many daily necessities and heard that the air conditioning there was broken and old, so they donated nearly thirty units at once.
They arrived at the welfare home under the guise of a visit. With the help of her connections, Grace managed to find some journalists to come and cover the event for Mrs. Waters.
In addition to the donated supplies, Mrs. Waters generously made a monetary donation to the welfare home and bonded with the elderly and the orphaned children.
The next day, the news of Mrs. Waters, Carl’s mother, showing love and support at the welfare home spread, surprising many people who praised her actions.
However, there were also voices of resentment because Mrs. Waters’ actions seemed to be a way to pave the way for Carl’s comeback, seeking fame and reputation.
Mrs. Waters didn’t care about such opinions; she didn’t mind how others perceived her. Her only goal was to make Carl aware that she had been frequenting the welfare home lately.
Hailey was also surprised when she saw the news. She found Carl and immediately told him about it.
“Carl, I saw the news that your mother made donations and provided support to the welfare home in your name. She even plans to continue helping those children.”
Upon hearing this, Carl only sneered, “What’s the use of her doing all this? Can it bring Nana and my daughter back to life?”
“I guess she wants to pray for them. After all, doing good deeds can accumulate merits,” Hailey guessed, not knowing the specific details.
Carl, however, dismissed it, sarcastically saying, “When people die, it’s like a light extinguished. What’s the point of praying now? It’s just for their own psychological comfort.”
Hailey agreed with that statement, but she couldn’t express it so directly.
“Carl, I know you have grievances against her, but Mrs. Waters is still your mother. In the future, you have the responsibility to take care of her in her old age,” Hailey patiently persuaded.
But Carl showed no intention of reconciliation. He lay on the bed, refusing to eat or drink, and stayed awake all night.
To him, losing Nana and his daughter meant that there was nothing left in the world to attract him.
Both family and career seemed so elusive.
Unable to convince Carl, Hailey could only stay with him in the apartment, afraid that he might act impulsively in a moment of emotional turmoil.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Waters and Grace returned to the welfare home to do volunteer work.
Thanks to their previous charitable actions, Mrs. Waters became the most welcomed VIP at the welfare home.
However, Mrs. Waters’ real purpose for this visit was to find out about her granddaughter’s whereabouts. So she used the excuse of visiting the children inside the welfare home.
Upon hearing the staff’s introduction, Mrs. Waters observed the innocent faces around her and pretended to be curious as she asked, “Are there any younger children here? Like infants who are still breastfeeding?”
“Yes, there are. There are three or four infants in the nursery, and one of them was found at the doorstep recently. She looks healthy, but we don’t understand why her parents would be so heartless,” the staff member replied truthfully, unaware of Mrs. Waters’ true intentions.