Auntie…”
The sweet and tender voice of Grace came through the screen, warming Taya’s heart.
“Grace, do you miss me?”
“Yes……”
After Grace nodded, she lifted her phone and turned it in the direction behind her.
Then she flung herself in front of the screen, covered her mouth with her little hand and whispered, “Auntie, Strange Uncle took me to the cemetery and I saw your picture here.”
“But, Strange Uncle said it isn’t you in the picture, it’s my mum.”
“Auntie, is that really my mother lying under that tombstone?”
Grace batted her thin and slightly curled eyelashes, and looked innocently at Taya on the screen.
At the sight of Grace’s innocent little face, there was a moment when Taya’s heart felt a wrenching pain.
It was unclear whether she was sympathizing with Grace or her sister’s wolf spirit was breaking after seeing her daughter.
She raised her hand and covered her heart, which was so painful that it made her breathless. With a trembling voice, she comforted Grace, “Your Strange Uncle is lying to you, don’t believe him.”
Grace was relieved to receive Taya’s answer, and even her chubby little face relaxed.
“Dad said that my mum had gone to heaven, and she would come back to see me when I was five years old.”
“Although she didn’t come when I celebrated my fifth birthday, I think she’ll be back to see me.”
Taya forced a smile and asked Grace, “Do you know what heaven is?”
Grace patted her chest and nodded, “Of course I know. Dad told me that heaven is a place where people who are like angels stay. He also said that only good-looking people can go to heaven…”
Thinking of good-looking people, Grace suddenly remembered the man she used to meet who was better looking than a movie star.
When she thought of George saying he was Taya’s future husband, she suddenly became excited and giggled coming close to the screen.
“Auntie, Auntie, George says you’re getting mated soon, are you going to have a baby as beautiful as Uncle Griffon?”
Taya couldn’t help but smiled when she saw that only Grace’s mouth and teeth were left on the entire screen, “Yes.”
Grace held the phone, raised her hand and made a “yeah” gesture, “Yeah, that’s great! I’ll have a good-looking little brother!”
Taya wanted to ask Grace why the baby to be born was a brother and not a sister, but then she heard Grace exclaim, “A good-looking person like Uncle Griffon should stay in heaven. like my mum.”
Taya’s heart tightened. Although it was just an innocent pup’s unintentional words, such ominous words still made her heart sk ip a beat, “Grace, Uncle Griffon still has a lot of things to do, he won’t go to heaven for the time being, don’t say things like that in the future.”
Seeing that her aunt did not seem very happy, the observant Grace hurriedly put away her excited expression, lowered her head and said carefully, “Auntie, I’m sorry.”
Seeing Grace’s loss, Taya suddenly felt guilty, “Grace, I spoke too harshly just now, don’t take it to heart.”
Grace’s personality was sensitive but also generous, “Auntie,
I don’t mind, but… I think I understand what heaven is all about.”
Her head hung lower, drooping a few more degrees as she said, “When I watch TV, I hear people inside saying that heaven is where dead people go. But I don’t want to believe that my mom is dead, so I choose to believe my dad. But just now, when I saw you didn’t want Uncle Griffon to go to heaven, I knew my dad had lied to me.”
The tears that Taya was forcibly holding back from staying finally fell.
As it turned out, this seemingly innocent and lively pup knew everything.
Seeing Taya crying on the video call, Grace rushed to give the screen a few kisses.
“Auntie, don’t cry, I’ll never say that again.”
It broke Taya’s heart to see the young Grace so concerned about the emotions of others.
Having no parents of her own, Taya was brought up with low self-esteem and sensitivity, caring more about the feelings of others than her own.
She didn’t expect that Grace would also be like her, understanding how to observe and read people’s expressions at such a young age, and placing others first in her heart.
Taya couldn’t stop the tears rolling down her face as she thought that when Grace grew up, Grace would become as overly cautious as she was.
you have to be so careful. You can say whatever you want in front of me.”
Grace seemed to understand and nodded her chubby little head, “Then Auntie will stop crying, okay?”
After Taya answered “yes”, she lifted a finger and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes, “Grace, where do you live now?”
Grace cradled her phone in her arms and turned around, pointing the screen at the house at the foot of the cemetery, “I live in that little house.”
Strange Uncle lived up to his name. He insisted that the local residents help him build a wooden house and said that he would settle here in the future.
Grace hated this place so much because at night there were always people crying outside, and she was so frightened that she cried several times.
If it wasn’t for Uncle George being here, she would have packed her little bags and fled.
Seeing Amon living at the foot of the cemetery with Grace,
Taya instantly frowned, “Grace, give George your phone.”
Grace responded with a sound, propped her hands on the gra*s, stood up and walked quickly to stand in front of George who was leaning against a tree.
“Grandpa George, my aunt wants you to answer the phone.”
George opened his drowsy eyes, picked up the phone and poked his hand at Grace’s bulging stomach.
“I’ve told you, I’m only forty and I’m not old enough to be your grandpa.”
Grace originally called him uncle, but after knowing his age, she suddenly changed it to grandpa, and George wondered what that meant?
Standing on the side, Grace tilted her head and looked at George, thinking, “My grandfather was forty years old too, why could I call him “grandpa”, but not George? Does George not have the power and authority of my grandfather, so he cannot be called ‘grandpa’?”
Taya over there expressed shock when she heard George’s age, “George, are you only forty?”
When she first saw him and his white hair, she thought he was in his sixties or seventies, but she did not expect him to be a middle-aged man.
George rubbed his forehead helplessly, “Miss Palmer, appearances can be deceiving, and people’s worth cannot be judged solely by their age. Let’s not discuss age between us.”
“I’m sorry, hmm… George, Grace’s father, Casare just came to see me.”
George lowered his hand on his forehead, his helpless expression turning instantly serious, “What did he want with. you?”
Taya replied truthfully, “He’s here for Grace…”
Next to her, Grace heard her father coming for her and hurriedly moved her head over, “Auntie, where’s my father?”
Before Taya could reply, she heard Amon’s casual voice on the other end, “Tell him I’m in the cemetery.”
Then a finger reached out towards the screen, and the video call was disconnected.
Taya stared at the gradually darkening screen, thought for a few seconds and took the business card out of her pocket.
Amon did not resist Casare going to him, and Grace cannot live with Amon in the cemetery for long…
As soon as Taya entered the number on the business card into her phone and dialed it, everything in fit fug But for some reason the fall unenty at if fomething big w about to happen, and she kept that from calling Comore her phone and dialed it, everything would be back on track.
But for some reason she felt uneasy, as if something big was about to happen, and that kept her from calling Casare.