Chapter 24

Emily POV

With Jacob leaving in a rush to Collin Estate, we didn’t get a chance to say goodbye—leaving things up in the air.

Charlotte had a mild heart attack and was sent home to Collin Estate to recover. The doctors said she was lucky to make it, considering her age. As a ploy to win Jacob’s affections back, she insisted on having her grandson around to aid her recovery.

Jacob texts every day to give us an update on Charlotte’s health, and he video calls Liam before he goes to bed.

If you ask me, I think it’s all bullshit. She knows exactly what she’s doing. Boy, would I love to see the look on her face if she knew where I was now.

Liam seems unaffected by his great-grandmother’s illness, even confiding in me one night that he doesn’t like her that much.

“She smells like dead flowers,” he shared one night while I was waiting for him to finish up the tub. “And shouldn’t she be dead by now?” he asks from the bathroom.

I let out a snicker and he hears me, giggling in return.

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