Chapter 181
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 181<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat are you eating?\u201d Caden loomed at the entrance.<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s hand which was holding the bottle trembled and she recovered from momentary panic. \u201cVitamin tablets. I\u2019ve asked Gloria to bring for me the day before yesterday.\u201d Caden walked towards her as she spoke and he took over the drug bottle from her hand. He peered at it and his suspicion vanished. He pondered and remembered Gloria did actually come that day.<\/p>\n
Mr. Garcia came and he knocked the door by chance. Both Caden and Grace turned towards him synchronously. \u201cWhat\u2019s wrong?\u201d Caden asked him while putting down the drug bottle on his hand. \u201cA married couple has come downstairs and they say they\u2019re madam\u2019s parents.\u201d Mr. Garcia was hired as the butler of the Shaw Manor and he managed everything no matter big or small in the huge mansion. He was an excellent butler and had pursued this career for several decades. If he was not brilliant enough, Caden would not have laid his eyes on him.<\/p>\n
A brilliant butler like him would naturally know things he should know before taking over the entire management of the Shaw Manor, and he would inquire more regarding the master and the boss lady of the mansion. Therefore, he definitely understood well that the married couple downstairs was the chairman of the James Group of City S and his wife, and they were also Grace\u2019s biological parents. Yet he still said euphemistically that the married couple downstairs addressed themselves as whose parents when he reported. Because of the cautiousness he portrayed, Grace threw another glance to the new butler who looked taciturn at the entrance, and she felt glad for being lucky at the same time when the corner of her eyes caught a glimpse of the drug bottle labeled \u2018vitamin C tablets\u2019 on the dressing table. She knew well that the opportunity to take the \u2018vitamin C tablets\u2019 from Sam without the cautious new butler\u2019s notice in the future was miniature.<\/p>\n
Caden frowned with disgust when he heard the James couple was downstairs and wanted to meet Grace. Yet he did not decide for Grace and only asked her, \u201cDo you want to meet them?\u201d Grace did not respond instantly. She pondered with her eyes lowered and suddenly lifted her head. \u201cDoes the James\u2019 have any collaboration lately and want to seek the Shaw\u2019s help?\u201d Caden was not surprised but there was a trace of sympathy in his slim eyes. \u201cMaybe they\u2019re just missing their own daughter.\u201d He could not even believe himself when he said that, but at this moment, he hoped she would believe it.<\/p>\n
Grace chuckled. Her glance swept past his face and their eyes met in the air like two lines intersecting each other, clashing each other for one second and then separated. \u201cI\u2019ll go check them out.\u201d She did not rebut his words at all. Every bitterness and feeling that was difficult to describe was conveyed without speaking from her eyes.<\/p>\n
Although she did not rebut his words, it did not mean she had agreed to him. If that couple would still miss her as a daughter, the three-years\u2019 time spent in the prison would already be enough for them two to fly from the northern hemisphere to the southern hemisphere, to cross the Pacific Ocean from the western continent to the other side of the ocean, to visit her for tens and hundreds times! Yet they never visited her even once when they were in the same city, and that was the cruelest fact she was reluctant to admit.<\/p>\n
Jafar and Mrs. James were waiting at the living room. The sound of footsteps approached and both of them turned with their eyes gleamed. Mrs. James ran forward excitedly and seized Grace\u2019s hands. \u201cGrace, it\u2019s so nice to see you. Mom is happy.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMrs. James.\u201d A hand gently pulled her hand away. \u201cMrs. James, do have a seat.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2026Grace\u2026\u201d Embarrassment appeared on her well-cared face at once.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you and Mr. James know about this?\u201d She was doubtful as there was no surveillance camera at the scene and since she had never seen those gangsters\u2019 faces, how would her parents? \u201cGrace, don\u2019t you keep on saying \u2018Mr. James\u2019. That\u2019s your father.\u201d Grace was outraged by her words. She pursed her lips and replied with a cold face. \u201cIf Mrs. James is here to reminisce the past today, I think there\u2019s no need for us to stay here any longer.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHold up! Grace!\u201d Mrs. James quickly held her back when she was about to leave. \u201cGrace, I can understand that you refuse to forgive me and your father as we have hurt your feelings. Yet we\u2019re forced to do that. After the auction, both of us felt sorry and we really want to help you this time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s eyes twinkled and there was bitterness on her face. Should she believe her? Her rationality and emotion were fighting with each other. She shook her head and clenched her fist, taking a deep breath in order to maintain her composure. \u201cMrs. James, tell me, how did you know about this—how did you know it was the same gangsters that committed the crime back then?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cGrace, to be frank, besides the phone call history and the message between you and Wallis Venus, there\u2019s a half drunken witness that testified to your criminal charge. He had witnessed the filthy process when it happened. He chose not to call the police as he\u2019s scared to involve himself in the trouble, yet he still remembers some of the gangsters\u2019 looks. And few days ago, he has spotted those people at a bar at the bund.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1386","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1386","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=1386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}