Chapter 239
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 239<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss, don\u2019t you belong to the Shaws?\u201d Carol quickly followed her and asked carefully, \u201cWhy do they call you James?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace stopped at the door of her room. She turned around and landed her gaze on Carol, whose eyes were filled with fear. Grace understood at a glance that the girl in front of her had changed. Carol was no longer the innocent girl that she used to be. Instead, she had become increasingly cautious.<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol, you\u2019re afraid of me, aren\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace asked. But Carol didn\u2019t answer her question.<\/p>\n
Her tender face turned red in a second. Everyone could tell her embarrassment. She said, \u201cNo, boss. Why would I be afraid of you? You are the kindest to me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace touched Carol\u2019s face with her cold hand. Carol trembled and secretly looked at her boss through the eyelids. However, she didn\u2019t expect that she would bump into a pair of eyes filled with grief. Grace looked thoughtful yet helpless. Carol was at a loss of words, \u201cBoss \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol, I don\u2019t know my name, either.<\/p>\n
My grandfather named me Grace James when I was born. He is a James. So is my father. I was the daughter of the James family.<\/p>\n
Then, Grandpa passed away. I made a mistake by offending someone that I shouldn\u2019t. I was no longer a James since then.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, some people told me that my surname was \u2018Shaw\u2019, and I was Grace Shaw from then on.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what my name is, but I feel more at ease when you call me boss.\u201d<\/p>\n
She wiped the tears off Carol\u2019s face with her thumb and said, \u201cGood girl, what are you crying for?\u201d After thinking for a while, she walked into her bedroom and waved to Carol at the door. \u201cCome in,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
With that, she opened a safe in the corner and carefully took out a file bag from it, saying, \u201cCarol, what\u2019s wrong? Sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n
As she spoke to Carol, Grace sat down on a chair beside her and opened the file bag in her hand. She said, \u201cIf I leave this world one day, take this and go find Mr. Nielson of HC Law Firm. Jonas Nielson.<\/p>\n
\u2018Memory Inn\u2019 is very important to me. It\u2019s more important than my life. If I die, be strong and help me take care of this place, won\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Na\u00efve and innocent as Carol was, she could still tell that something was wrong. \u201cBoss, you\u2019re not going to…leave, are you?\u201d Actually, Carol felt that Grace\u2019s words were more like a note saying goodbye.<\/p>\n
Nonsense! Long live the boss!<\/p>\n
Carol tried to comfort herself.<\/p>\n
Grace stood up and said, \u201cI\u2019ll take you somewhere.\u201d Without explaining away Carol\u2019s doubts, she walked out of the room with the file bag in her hand.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss, where are you going?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace walked in front, a little anxious, a little staggered. Carol mumbled, \u201cBoss, you are having trouble with your feet! Slow down.\u201d<\/p>\n
Following Grace, Carol stood in front of the door in the most remote corner of Memory Inn.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss, you always tell us to stay away from here, don\u2019t you?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace ignored her words. She put a key in the hole. With a twist, the door creaked open. Then she pushed the door and walked in. The room was a little dark. She turned on the light.<\/p>\n
Carol gasped before saying, \u201cA picture\u2026of the dead…\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol, don\u2019t be afraid.<\/p>\n
Her name is Leona. She is a very, very kind girl, like you.\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace stepped forward to light the lamp and pray for Leona, saying, \u201cLeona was a good girl. She lost her life to save me.<\/p>\n
She lay on my laps and passed away, just like that.<\/p>\n
Before closing her eyes, she was still talking about her yearning for this world.<\/p>\n
She said that she liked the scenery of Erhai Lake, as well as the distant Jade Dragon Snow Mountain.<\/p>\n
Her only wish was to run a homestay on the edge of Erhai Lake. It didn\u2019t need to be big, and she hoped that people could be free and happy in her homestay. She didn\u2019t want people to be trapped in worldly disputes.<\/p>\n
She left without fulfilling her lifelong wish.<\/p>\n
She saved me with the price of her life.<\/p>\n
So, I have decided to view her wish as my own.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carol was indeed afraid when the picture of Leona suddenly came into sight, but she gradually calmed herself as hearing the story of this girl in the Grace\u2019s soothing tone. When she looked at the unfamiliar girl in the picture again, she could sense her kindness and warmth.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss, you are a good boss. Boss Leona was also a good person.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Grace, who was in front of the incense table, was shocked for a moment. A good person\u2026 She chuckled and stretched her eyebrows. \u201cLeona, this girl said that you are a good person. In these days, only Carol can use \u2018a good person\u2019 to praise someone.\u201d Only a simple girl like Carol would say such words.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoss, did I say anything wrong? Boss Leona saved your life. Of course, she was a good person.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, you\u2019re right.\u201d After burning the incense for Leona, Grace wiped her hands and turned around to smile at Carol. She said, \u201cYou are right, Carol. If possible, I hope that you can always be yourself for the rest of your life.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s good.\u201d<\/p>\n
She spoke very seriously, but the girl opposite her was obviously confused. Grace thought for a moment and shook her head \u2026 Forgot it. It was best if she couldn\u2019t understand.<\/p>\n
If Carol could understand, then she would become a complicated person\u2026 That was not a good thing.<\/p>\n
She picked up the file bag that had just been put aside, and handed it to Carol, saying, \u201cCarol, do you like Memory Inn?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI like it.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThen, if I am about to leave Memory Inn for a long time, can you take care of this homestay?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m very familiar with the procedures of checking in and checking out. The aunts will take care of the restaurant and tidying up the rooms, and the garden will also be made neat… Boss, what\u2019s wrong? You\u2019re strange today.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cCarol, listen carefully. When I leave, take this portfolio and go to find Mr. Nielson of HC Law Firm.<\/p>\n
Mr. Nielson will help you handle all the inheritance formalities for my estate, including the transfer of this lodging to your name.<\/p>\n
Hearing Ingemar\u2019s ridicule, Caden\u2019s heart tensed up. He felt somewhere painful. And he had no idea that whether his head ached or his heart ached. He took a few deep breaths before saying,<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t blame her.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHey, are you nuts?\u201d Ingemar couldn\u2019t listen anymore. \u201cYou fell hard to the ground like that. She just watched coldly and taunted you for being a hypocrite, saying that you were playing a new trick again. And you are telling me now not to blame her?<\/p>\n
I think you\u2019ve really broken your head.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not sick. I\u2019m sober now more than ever.<\/p>\n
Ingemar, I did treat her badly in the past. She doesn\u2019t believe me now. Everyone else can blame her and say that she\u2019s wrong. But I can\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n
When Caden said these words, he felt bitter. He added, \u201cIn the past, I didn\u2019t believe in karma. But now, here comes karma.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou…\u201d Ingemar felt enraged. He said angrily, \u201cAlright. Even if what you said is true, you should explain to her clearly that you fell. And you were injured because your body was heavily loaded due to the lack of rest for several days. At this time, you were not pretending.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou told her about it?\u201d Caden\u2019s face turned pale. He pursed his lips and looked at Ingemar. Ingemar wanted to anger him, so he said, \u201cYeah, I did. I said that you hadn\u2019t slept for days because you were looking for her. In the past three years, you turned into a workaholic and would go anywhere to find her in your spare time. Your body had already broken down. Otherwise, you wouldn\u2019t have been easily pushed down by Kern. You even hurt your head.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caden\u2019s face turned even paler. Ingemar glanced at Caden\u2019s gloomy face and said angrily,<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, don\u2019t act as if this is the apocalypse! I didn\u2019t say anything to her! I lied to you.<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve just suffered a head injury. I think you\u2019d better go to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s fine. Turn around and drive back. I have to take her home today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hearing this, Ingemar suddenly became serious.<\/p>\n
\u201cCaden, among the few of us, there has always been a consensus. You, Caden, would be the first to support us if anything bad happened. But now?<\/p>\n
To be honest, even if Grace is innocent and has suffered so much, and even if you do something wrong again, we will still stand by your side. It\u2019s true for me, also for Humbert.<\/p>\n
We will stand by your side, instead of Grace without hesitation.<\/p>\n
However, you love Grace more than you love yourself. So, Humbert and I chose her because you did. We are friends, aren\u2019t we? Love you, love your dog. Do you understand?<\/p>\n
But if you ruin yourself because of her, what will happen? If one day, we see that she\u2019s fine but you are not, do you think Humbert and I will let her go? You should know that Humbert and I, as well as you\u2014the three of us have never been good in nature.\u201d<\/p>\n
Caden was silent for a while. He said in a low voice, \u201cGo to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u2026<\/p>\n
Lijiang Airport. Mrs. James looked much more haggard. Just as she got off the plane and rebooted her phone, she received more than a dozen missed calls. She clicked on a text message from her son.<\/p>\n
She swept her eyes over the screen. All the messages were the same\u2014\u201dHave you arrived? Have you seen Grace?\u201d<\/p>\n
Mrs. James clenched her phone tightly. She had always been attentive to her care, but wrinkles had appeared on the corners of her eyes these days. Perhaps because her son was still ill. Her slack eyelids were swollen. She picked up a pair of sunglasses worth more than 100,000 yuan and put them on. With the sunglasses, she became the elegant rich lady again. However, behind them, her eyes turned red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1444","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1444","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=1444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}