True Fated Marriage novel Chapter 571

Grace had already been a little worried in the first place. After listening to Heinz's reminder and seeing Zachary's seriousness, she immediately became even more worried.

"Heinz, are you worried that they will come to steal Grandma's ashes?'¹ Grace voiced her doubts.

She knew that Heinz might normally joke around, but it was Grandma's ashes they were talking about and it was his first visit here in Southland. Therefore, she was sure he wouldn't joke about it.

In order to warn the others, he had said so.

Heinz instantly became very tense when he saw Grace being anxious. The next second, he entered a state of alert and reached out to gently touch her back, saying, "Don't worry, Grace. We need to have a good plan, just in case. That's the basics of problemsolving.''

"Grace, I will handle it." Zachary assured her, "You don't have to worry."

Despite their reassuring words, Grace was still extremely concerned.

After the meal.

Zachary and Heinz went to the living room first and did not let anyone enter. Grace and Alice took the children with them and chatted with Nerissa.

Nerissa took them to the garden, where the children spotted butterflies and excitedly ran to catch them.

Then, Nerissa led the women to sit around the stone table in the garden. A maid brought them Southland's signature green tea. It was fragrant and sweet, leaving behind a pleasant aftertaste.

"Grace, Alice, has your mother contacted you?" Nerissa inquired.

At the mention of her mother, Grace frowned and shook her head. She replied, "No. We haven't seen each other ever since she left."

Her father had fallen ill because of Marry. The latter's words were still echoing in Grace's mind to this day. At that moment, when Nerissa mentioned her mother, there were tangled emotions welling up in her heart.

"Aunt Nerissa, my mother is a heartless person." Alice said bitterly, "She abandoned me when I was merely a child. She was Grandma's only support yet she only cared about herself and didn't care about Grace or Grandma. I can't understand how there can be someone heartless like her."

Nerissa nodded and responded, "There are some things that she failed to take responsibility for, but I have met her."

"You've met her?" Alice gasped as she was very surprised to hear this. "When?"

"Two years ago in the United States." Nerissa clarified, "I went to the United States to visit Zachary and had a meal with her."

Both Grace and Alice were very shocked. They were surprised that Nerissa was talking about their missing mother in such a light tone.

The two of them looked at each other and were a little agitated.

Nerissa continued, "She didn't look very well. I don't know how she is now."

"Why did she go to the United States?" Grace was still stunned as she questioned, "How did you even meet her?"

"She came to look for Philip ten years ago." Nerissa explained patiently, "At that time, she returned without letting your grandma know."

"What?" Grace exclaimed. She was very shocked to receive this news and she couldn't bring herself to believe it. She stared at Nerissa and pressed on, "She came to look for Uncle Philip?"

"Yes." Nerissa could understand Grace and Alice's astonishment. She smiled shallowly and asked lightly, "Don't you think she is keeping many secrets?"

"Yes," Alice answered without hesitation while nodding her head vigorously.

Grace also nodded in response. Indeed, there were a lot of things that they were not clear about.

"In fact, I only met her a few times." Nerissa continued, "She came to Philip for money and wanted to go abroad. Philip gave her five million dollars at that time. After that, he was dismissed from his job position for a year because he had privately used the family fund of the Lowe family."

"She was such a mischief- maker." Alice was immediately filled with indignation and muttered, "I really don't have a good impression of her."

Grace's heart also clenched tightly, and a suffocating feeling came over her.

It turned out that there were so many secrets. Marry's words must be true then.