Summer stopped talking. She walked over to the car and got in it.
Leonardo followed closely behind.
When he got in the car, Summer's phone rang.
While Summer was answering the phone, Leonardo leaned over and buckled her seat belt.
Summer wanted to refuse, as she didn't want Leonardo to help her with her seat belt. However, Leonardo was tough. Summer had to answer the phone, so she could only glare at him.
The person who called her was Spencer, who hadn't contacted her since she met Vicky.
"Spencer." Hearing Spencer's name, Leonardo looked up at Summer.
Summer did not notice that Leonardo was looking at her. She waited for Spencer to speak on the other end of the phone.
Spencer only said, "Grandpa is dying."
Summer was dumfounded. After a while, she recovered from her surprise and said, "I see."
"Are you really not going to see Grandpa for the last time?" Spencer paused for a moment, and then he changed his tone and said helplessly, "Summer, just do me a favor. Come back and take a last look at him, OK?"
Summer did not immediately reply to Spencer, but turned to look out of the window.
This summer seems to be exceptionally long. After so many things had happened, she thought it should be autumn now. But the pedestrians on the road outside were still wearing short-sleeved shirts and skirts. It was still summer.
Spencer did not urge her. He thought that Summer was thinking about this matter.
Summer looked away and said straightforwardly, "I will come to his funeral."
"You..." Spencer asked, "Are you still holding a grudge against Grandpa?"
"No, I just don't think it's necessary for me to visit him." Summer had long regarded herself an outsider of the Jarretts.
Back then, they forced her to marry Leonardo as a substitute for Vicky. Later, they disowned her in the newspaper and took advantage of her again and again...
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