Heinz was still hungover. Upon hearing his grandfather's accusations, his mind began buzzing; he simply couldn't react.
"Where's Grace?" He didn't see her around him so he was very worried. "Where are the children?'¹
''They're gone." Old Master Carter turned his head and left.
"They're gone?" Heinz quickly went up the stairs and caught up with the Old Master.
The old man had already arrived at the door of his bedroom. Mr. Carter pushed the door open and entered his room.
Heinz followed him into the room. Looking at the old man, he asked anxiously, "Grandpa, did you really let Grace go? Where did she go?"
"Where are you talking about?" Old Master Carter fired back. "Why did you drink so much? You've drunk away your wife and children. Even Ernest has left with them. You are a terrible person."
The old man finally had an opportunity to pick on his grandson and he was really enjoying it.
Heinz, who was always self- righteous, often ridiculed his grandfather.
Now that Mr. Carter had discovered an opportunity to criticize Heinz, it was only natural for him to grab hold of it.
"You got yourself drunk after she told you that she didn't want to marry you. How can you do that to her? Aren't you embarrassed?" Old Master Carter said.
He looked at Heinz as he spoke.
Heinz's brows were scrunched in a knot and he remained silent.
"No words?" Old Master Carter asked again. "Aren't you always great? Why aren't you saying anything now?"
Heinz was still in a daze. He didn't want to waste his time bickering with his grandfather.
He turned around to leave.
The old man said in a deep voice, "As if it wasn't bad enough that you do not care for others and that you always show your horrid temper, you were disgusting just now."
His words made Heinz stop in his tracks.
He turned around to look at Old Master Carter. He racked his brain to think about what he had done after he got drunk.
"What did I do?" Heinz asked.
"You can't remember what you did, can you?" The old man said, "Don't hurry to find her. I'll tell you what you did to her."
"What on earth did I do?" Heinz asked again.
As Old Master Carter recalled that scene, even he couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
He looked at Heinz in disgust and said, "You almost molested Grace in the dining hall as everyone watched."
"What?" Heinz was also stunned. His first reaction was, "How can that be?" "We have witnesses," claimed the old man. He knew that Heinz wouldn't believe the act he had committed. "The children and I saw you press her under your body. We all saw it. If it wasn't for the butler, God knows what would you have done."
Heinz's mind became blank in that instant.
He sluggishly walked over to the bed and sat down on it.
Old Master Carter sat on the bed as well. He turned his head to look at the dejected Heinz and asked in a low voice, "Just tell me, what makes you so angry that you keep drinking?"
"Did they go back to Emerald Apartment?" Heinz asked.
"Yeah," the Old Master nodded. "The butler sent them himself, and it's obvious that Miss Smith is very angry. You're such a disgrace."
"I was angry that she didn't want to marry me," admitted Heinz. In fact, he was still angry when he thought of it. He felt that he was a coward. He had not been hurt before, so that experience had cost his self-esteem.
When he was with Grace, he felt that he had lost all of his self-esteem.
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