Chapter 179
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 179<\/p>\n
He left in the early morning. Although Grace was at a blessed age which should be full of hope and dreams, she lived like an old lady who was in her late years. The sun was shining bright in the winter days; therefore she pulled over a chair, a woolen blanket and some hot water bags to warm her limbs and sunbathed under the roof. She had lived a lackluster life.<\/p>\n
A new butler came to the house. The butler had a stern expression just like Sam and she could hear Sam guiding the new butler on the tasks in the morning. Both of them had been in the butler career for half of their life and their ways of doing things were impeccable. Yet competition existed between them under their calm appearances.<\/p>\n
Grace overheard episodes of conversations between them. Their words were few but did not sound easy. She only stared at the front. As to whether the old butler\u2019s duty was successfully passed on to the new one, she did not care. And she had no idea how their interactions would be.<\/p>\n
Rustling voices were heard from behind. She caught a glimpse of the shadow of an acquaintance and stood up while supporting herself with the chair. She spoke blandly. \u201cMr. Venus, please come with me.\u201d Her coarse yet calm voice successfully made Sam halted and turned. Hesitancy flashed across his eyes, followed by a trace of hatred. He then followed the woman who was starting off slowly.<\/p>\n
She walked towards a secluded area and stopped at the corner. Sam soon caught up with the limping woman. The rhythm of his footsteps were irregular, maybe it was because his mind was filled with hatred, or maybe he was curious what she wanted to say to him who was her debtee. Nevertheless he had followed her without uttering a word and he stopped at the corner when she had done so. \u201cWhat do you want?\u201d He glanced at her with a suspicious look, all hostile and alert.<\/p>\n
Grace chuckled when she saw that. Was there any need to be afraid that a lame person like her would harm him? She felt a sense of extremely ironic absurdity. \u201cWhat are you laughing at?\u201d Her chuckle not knowing why, had provoked Sam and he went exasperated. \u201cYou thought you\u2019ve won? You thought you\u2019ve taken away Wallis\u2019s place? So that\u2019s why you\u2019re laughing so cheerfully in front of me? Grace James, you\u2019re just Wallis\u2019s substitute!\u201d<\/p>\n
He looked furious and he remembered what happened in the forest at the back of the garden yesterday once again\u2026Wallis had only passed away for four years! His old eyes were fixed at the woman\u2019s face before him. He wanted to see agony and sense of heartache from her face, yet the woman before him ignored his words and extended a hand calmly. \u201cGive me that.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat?\u201d Sam felt baffled. Grace let out a chuckle and looked at him, her dry lips flapped. \u201cThe thing inside your pocket.\u201d Sam widened his eyes at once and replied. \u201cI don\u2019t know what you are talking about.\u201d Grace shook her head lightly when facing the nervous butler and said, \u201cPlease give me. I know you want to put it into my porridge bowl when no one noticed in the morning.\u201d She proceeded blandly. \u201cI saw it with my own eyes.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sam\u2019s bulging cheeks quivered. He scowled at her and scolded hatefully. \u201cYou want to complain? You want to tell mister? Go ahead. Since you\u2019ve caused Wallis\u2019s death and mister did not do anything to you, harming me and mister would not do anything to you too! Go ahead! I\u2019m not scared of you!\u201d She who had been indifferent had wavered a little from his words, yet she quickly returned to her usual aloofness at once. She looked up and gazed at his furious wrinkled face with a profound look yet did not utter a single word. She was even distracted at that moment to wonder whether how on earth should Caden deal with her that that old man would think he had done \u201csomething\u201d to her.<\/p>\n
Three years of imprisonment, wounds spread all over the body, limping legs, handicapped body and the despondence of being cast into jail\u2026It turned out that all of these were not \u201csomething\u201d in the old man\u2019s eyes! She then glanced at Sam\u2019s enraged face. The pain from her grievance was completely ignored by him. She decided to give up arguing with him as it was pointless. How would time make an exception for her and reverse itself if she wins the argument? She pursed her lips and her palm extended to the old butler. \u201cYou don\u2019t want me getting pregnant with his child, same as you, neither do I,\u201d she said. \u201cGive me that thing.\u201d Sam was shocked and he replied. \u201cI don\u2019t believe you!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou all can have your meal yourselves. I want to rest. Don\u2019t disturb me at noon.\u201d Grace went upstairs yet Mr. Garcia took out his phone and made a phone call to the new master to report the situation. \u201cMadam seems tired and asks me not to interrupt her at noon. She has no appetite for lunch too.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay, I get it. Well done.\u201d A low voice was heard from the phone. \u201cJust make some plain and nutritious food good for the cardiovascular system. As for madam, she\u2019ll eat.\u201d He hung up after finishing and glanced at the two people in his office. \u201cYou don\u2019t have your own work to do?\u201d<\/p>\n
Humbert put his hands in his pockets and replied. \u201cToday\u2019s off-day. I have plenty of time.\u201d Ingemar crossed his legs and said, \u201cLet\u2019s have a gathering at noon.\u201d A cunning look flashed across Caden\u2019s face and he gave a wicked smile. \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was soon noon and two loud bawls were heard from the president office of the Shaw Building. \u201cCaden Shaw! You bastard!\u201d Ingemar gazed at a pile of documents on the office desk with his chest rising and falling while Humbert was holding a piece of notepaper written with the words : since you guys are free, go categorize and sort out the documents on the desk. Tell me when you guys have finished. \u201cFuck!\u201d Humbert tore the notepaper in his hand to pieces and tossed it into the waste basket. \u201cDamn him! He\u2019s run away!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1384","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}