Chapter 320
\nI’ve Been There Before (Grace and Caden) novel Chapter 320<\/p>\n
Grace\u2019s heart sank when she looked at the man yanking the car door open\u2026. It was not just a car accident.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe meet again, Mr. Venus.\u201d<\/p>\n
The old man looked even older than the last time she saw him. She remembered that he had been the butler of the Shawn family all his life. She remembered him as respectable.<\/p>\n
There were few smiles on his long face. He had always kept a straight face and looked very grim.<\/p>\n
But now, this old man no longer had the dignity he had had when he was the butler of the Shaws. He was as thin as a rake, looking like a dead, dry tree in the desert.<\/p>\n
The familiar, stern face looked crazy now.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou still remember me!<\/p>\n
It must be hard for you to remember an old guy like me!\u201d<\/p>\n
An uncomfortable, wild smile touched his lips.<\/p>\n
\u201cAre you surprised to see me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou hit the car on purpose?\u201d Warm blood trickled down from her forehead. She didn\u2019t reach out to wipe it off. Instead, she stared at the old man without blinking.<\/p>\n
Actually, there was no need to ask. The off-road vehicle crashed into her with great force. Grace glanced at the driver, who was injured and was holding his arm. If it hadn\u2019t been for the driver\u2019s adaptability, she wouldn\u2019t have just been injured.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, so what?<\/p>\n
Are you going to get even with me?\u201d<\/p>\n
The old man said briskly as he stared at Grace with hatred.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a pity that I didn\u2019t kill you on the spot.\u201d He looked sorry. But he soon changed the topic,<\/p>\n
\u201cAlright, this\u2019s not bad. It would be too easy on you if you just died.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy?\u201d she asked calmly.<\/p>\n
He had done her harm repeatedly.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhy do you have to ask such a stupid question?<\/p>\n
Why?<\/p>\n
How dare you ask me why?<\/p>\n
If it hadn\u2019t been for you, how could my Wallis have died? \u201c<\/p>\n
\u201cDidn\u2019t you kill her yourself?\u201d she sneered, \u201cYou killed your own daughter. Why didn\u2019t you know she was your daughter when you killed her?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up!\u201d Enraged, he slapped Grace on the face. Unable to dodge, she was heavily struck by the slap. Her petite face swelled up at once.<\/p>\n
But she laughed at him sarcastically.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re laughing?<\/p>\n
It was you!<\/p>\n
It was all you!<\/p>\n
If it hadn\u2019t been for you, how could I have accidentally injured my poor Wallis?<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it hadn\u2019t for you, how could I have killed Wallis?\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace almost burst into tears with laughter.<\/p>\n
So, he killed his own daughter because she gave him a chance?<\/p>\n
\u201cDid I ask you to kill her?<\/p>\n
Or did I force you to kill her? You are selfish and you killed Wallis. This is an unchangeable fact!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cShut up! Shut up!<\/p>\n
I did that because I had no choice!<\/p>\n
I did that for a reason!<\/p>\n
I thought Wallis wasn\u2019t my real daughter!<\/p>\n
If it hadn\u2019t been for what happened that night, I wouldn\u2019t have harmed Wallis.<\/p>\n
If I hadn\u2019t killed her that day, I would have found out later that Wallis wasn\u2019t other\u2019s child. She was my daughter!<\/p>\n
No matter how ruthless I was, I would not kill my own daughter!<\/p>\n
I would never be so cruel as to hurt my own child!<\/p>\n
It was your fault! It was all your faults!<\/p>\n
\u201cYou made it impossible for her to support me after I retired. You are the culprit of this tragedy! It was all your fault!\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace almost couldn\u2019t believe what she had just heard, looking at the ferocious man in disbelief. How could there be such a person!<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was you who killed her. It was you who killed Wallis.<\/p>\n
You thought Wallis wasn\u2019t your daughter.<\/p>\n
And you set me up for it!<\/p>\n
I didn\u2019t come after you, but you blame me!<\/p>\n
You wouldn\u2019t have done it if you knew Wallis was your real daughter?<\/p>\n
If she had not been your daughter, then you would revenge your illegitimate son on her?<\/p>\n
Your daughter couldn\u2019t die. But someone else\u2019s daughter could?<\/p>\n
You are out of your mind!<\/p>\n
No matter who it was, it was still life. So, for you, human life is nothing?<\/p>\n
People like you are either born vicious or are turned vicious!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was you! You caused all the misfortune! It was all because of you!<\/p>\n
If it hadn\u2019t been for you, I wouldn\u2019t have done that kind of thing!<\/p>\n
No matter what you say, I will avenge my poor daughter today!<\/p>\n
I will take you with me even if I die!\u201d<\/p>\n
The driver next to her probably had never expected to encounter such a horrible thing. Having a car accident was unfortunate enough. He was angry but didn\u2019t dare to say a word.<\/p>\n
Grace looked at the pale, frightened driver with her peripheral vision. She narrowed her eyes and looked at him calmly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is downtown. Traffic police will come soon. No matter what you want to do, you\u2019ll be stopped by them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Something seemed to have occurred to the old man, and his expression changed. He dragged Grace rudely out of the car. \u201cYou reminded me.\u201d<\/p>\n
With that, he dragged Grace to his vehicle and pushed her onto the passenger seat.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m drowning with you!\u201d With that, he started the car. Tires scratched the ground and let out an ear-piercing sound as the car sped away.<\/p>\n
The off-road vehicle sped along at an astonishing speed. Cars scattered around for fear of being hit, pulling over to make way for this crazy machine.<\/p>\n
Life was not easy for anyone. Everyone had a family, be it small or big. Their families were counting on them. No one wanted to be killed by that wild car.<\/p>\n
The car was speeding, and Grace\u2019s stomach churned uncomfortably. She suppressed her nausea and felt dizzy, forcing herself to calm down.<\/p>\n
\u201cHow did you know I was in that taxi?\u201d<\/p>\n
It seemed to be a coincidence. But it was not. Even if she knew she was in danger, she did not want to die without knowing what had happened.<\/p>\n
He probably thought that Grace was going to die today anyway and that there was no need to hide it from her. The old man sneered,<\/p>\n
\u201cSomeone is watching you at your apartment. I got the message the moment you went out.<\/p>\n
It must be fate. God gave me this chance to kill you.<\/p>\n
Mr. Shaw\u2026. No, that bastard had a guard outside your door who never left his post. I simply couldn\u2019t find an opportunity to get to you.<\/p>\n
Huh, speaking of which, I should thank you for getting rid of Saul. Otherwise, I wouldn\u2019t have the chance to make a move.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWho is this \u2018someone\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don\u2019t need to know! The only thing you need to know is that I\u2019m not the only one who wants you to die! There are people who want you dead more than I do!\u201d<\/p>\n
Grace looked solemn\u2026. She couldn\u2019t figure out who this \u201csomeone\u201d was.<\/p>\n
She felt as if she had been hit hard!<\/p>\n
Her heart sank!<\/p>\n
What did he mean by that?<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t want to find out, but he wouldn\u2019t let her!<\/p>\n
The Shaws and the James were enemies.<\/p>\n
Hale and Clark had a grudge against each other.<\/p>\n
Apart from that, there was no other explanation.<\/p>\n
But if that was the case, why \u2026 why Grandfather allowed her to approach Caden?<\/p>\n
Why didn\u2019t Grandfather ever tell her about it?<\/p>\n
Why did the outsiders not know they were enemies?<\/p>\n
When she was in Erhai Lake, Mrs. James told her that she was kidnapped when she was born. But Mrs. James said it was because her great-grandfather\u2019s business was so successful that some people were jealous and played such a carrot-and-stick trick.<\/p>\n
However, the Shaws were massively rich for several generations. The James family were nothing compared to the them. How could Hale envy the James? The hatred between the two families must have born from anything but business.<\/p>\n
She remembered her grandfather\u2019s strange attitude towards the fact that she loved Caden.<\/p>\n
She also remembered the disgust in Hale\u2019s eyes every time he saw her.<\/p>\n
Grandfather had told her that it was not worth it and had tried to persuade her. However, he had just given her the runaround, telling her to give up.<\/p>\n
But he encouraged and even supported her in certain things.<\/p>\n
She remembered those things. Grandfather had fixed her and Caden up many times. He had given them privacy. He had held a birthday party for her.<\/p>\n
That year at her eighteenth birthday party, Grandfather said she had grown up. He encouraged her to pursue her love bravely. He said his granddaughter must be brave.<\/p>\n
She felt he was right. Being inspired, she bravely confessed to the boy she liked in front of everyone at the birthday party.<\/p>\n
She was confident. Grandfather said she was the best girl in the family.<\/p>\n
She did not dare to think about it, nor did she dare to think about any more details.<\/p>\n
Sitting in the passenger seat, she could no longer remain her composure.<\/p>\n
There was despair on her delicate face. Her pain seemed to be dragging everything around her into the abyss. It was as if she\u2026 had been pushed down into the pit by a very important person in her life!<\/p>\n
At last, she somewhat understood her puzzling and strange grandfather.<\/p>\n
No wonder that Grandfather valued her so much, but in the end, he chose Payne and said that everything in the James had belonged to Payne.<\/p>\n
He claimed that he was afraid she would be hurt again, so he cultivated her himself. But in fact, it was only because she was \u201cvalued\u201d by Hale.<\/p>\n
Bullshit cultivation!<\/p>\n
He did all this just to make her better than the other girls from rich families. Because there were too many rich young ladies in Shanghai. If Grace was not outstanding enough, how could she become the successor of the Shaws?<\/p>\n
She started to get confused. She could not tell when Grandfather was sincere to her and when he was not.<\/p>\n
She could no longer tell which of the happy memories she had with her grandfather were genuine and which were fake. Or \u2026 was everything a lie?<\/p>\n
The scenery outside the car sped backward. Staring at the backing landscape, she suddenly reached for the door handle.<\/p>\n
She wanted to go back with the scenery outside the car. She wanted to go back to the past years, back to when Grandfather was still alive. She wanted to ask him herself. She wanted to know. She wanted to know what the truth was and what the lie was!<\/p>\n
She wanted to turn back the clock to when Grandfather was alive. She wanted to stand in front of him and ask him herself,<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandfather, do you really love me?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re crazy!\u201d Sam did want her dead, but when he saw her crazy behavior with his own eyes, his heart skipped a beat.<\/p>\n
He shouted urgently.<\/p>\n
She cried out in great pain. There was only endless despair in her hoarse voice!<\/p>\n
\u201cI want to go back\u2014!\u201d<\/p>\n
She wanted to go back. She wanted to see her grandfather!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-1525","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kampoengnews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chapter\/1525","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=1525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}