"Would you like to have something to eat?" Trevor asked Raeleigh once they were seated in the restaurant. Raeleigh shook her head. "No, I've already eaten. You can go ahead if you haven't, though."
"No, I've eaten as well. I can't eat much now that I'm older. After all, it's bad for health to stuff yourself all the time."
Trevor sat opposite Raeleigh. As he spoke, he looked around the restaurant.
At this time, the restaurant was quiet.
Jepherson sat next to Raeleigh, obviously there to protect her.
His gaze was indifferent as he looked down at his feet. He seemed to be completely oblivious of everyone else's presence.
Trevor was not bothered by this. He knew his grandson well.
He was a vengeful person!
Their family hadn't handled the matter of Raeleigh leaving well, and Jepherson still refused to move home. He didn't even visit them during the holidays, preferring to just stay here.
If Trevor wanted Jepherson to go home, he would have to give him a direct order. Otherwise, they wouldn't see him at all.
Well, he didn't expect much anymore as long as everyone was healthy and fine.
"Let me apologise to you for yesterday. I wanted to come during the day, but I had to wait for Marissa to fall asleep before leaving."
"Don't bear a grudge against her for my sake, please. You might be an outsider, but you're Jepherson's woman."
"You should know that he wouldn't exist without his grandmother."
"Don't just look at how badly she's treating you guys now. When you were children, she poured her heart and soul into caring for you."
"Every time you cried or fussed, she would be the one to coax and soothe you. It's just that she's become increasingly fearful of you abandoning her as the years have slipped by."
"All grandmothers wish for their grandchildren to come to them when they get into arguments with their mothers. They want to feel like they're the top priority."
"At the same time, this will also hurt their mothers." "When you were children and got into fights or trouble, didn't your grandmother help you?"
"Why is that you're unable to think of your grandmother as a child when she acts unreasonably as she ages?"
Raeleigh had yet to say anything when Jepherson said, "I don't think that's the right way to handle this. When I was a child, I was immature and would cry and fuss. She's not an immature child, though. She's just selfish."
Jepherson looked upset. He didn't bear any ill will towards Trevor, but if it weren't for Trevor's indulgence, Marissa wouldn't have ended up like this.
Trevor scoffed. "Don't forget that you'll grow old one day as well. Put yourself in her shoes and you'll realise what it feels like to be old and lonely."
"Is age an excuse to act willfully?" Jepherson looked at Trevor pointedly. Trevor picked up the box of serviettes on the table and threw it at Jepherson. "Get up."
Jepherson blinked but did not move.
"Get up." Trevor was a little upset as he looked at Jepherson coldly. Jepherson said, "It's true that I wouldn't exist without you. You can kill me, but you can't control me."
"Raeleigh isn't obligated to just grin and bear
Grandma's humiliation either."
"Get up, right now!"
Raeleigh felt extremely helpless. She felt like she was being made out to be the cause of all this discord between a grandparent and grandchild.
"Why don't you head back first? I'll be up soon. Either that or you can wait for me outside."
Raeleigh tugged on Jepherson's hand. He didn't move, looking grim.
She said, "Get up, or I will."
They couldn't go on like this. Raeleigh was starting to feel sleepy.
Jepherson stood up furiously and turned to walk out of the restaurant. He took two steps, then turned and looked at Raeleigh. "Don't listen to him."
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