His face hadnāt turned gray yet, only a little pale. She even thought that grandpa was only sleeping, not dead.
"Grandpa..."
She cried out loud while trembling, trying to wake him up.
The moment she let out the cry, her throat started aching, as if being pierced by countless small needles.
It hurts...
It really hurts...
Madam Greg was crying. As soon as she heard Edieās voice, she turned around to look at her. She obviously didnāt expect to see her.
Being reminded that her daughter was still in the police station, she couldnāt repress her hatred anymore, so she rushed to Edie like a maniac. Despite that there were still guests around, she slapped Edie hard on the face.
Since Edie was still in grief, she didnāt see Madam Greg at all. She couldnāt even feel the pain after being slapped.
Because she was already numb.
Ivan saw everything, with a serious face, he rushed forward and pushed Madam Greg hard, "What are you doing?"
"What are you doing here? If it wasnāt for you, nothing wouldāve happened to Dad. Because of what you did to Victoria, Dad is depressed every day. Itās all because of you! Everything is because of you!" Madam Greg said excitedly, regardless of Ivanās obstruction, she rushed towards Edie, and started pulling her hair and pinching her arm.
Ivan winced hard and stopped her.
"Calm down," Ivan said coldly.
"The thing I regretted most was allowing you to stay in the Greg family! You are a bane of our family, you have cursed the Greg family, cursed the Lynch family, who else do you want to curse?! Who asked you to come? Get out of here! Are you here to curse us all?"
Madam Gregās clamor was by her ears, but Edie couldnāt hear it anymore. She could only see grandpa in her sight.
Everyone was gossiping...
"This she the wife of the CEO of L.N.?"
"This girl knows how to get what she wants! I heard that Stuart Yates was originally going to marry the second daughter of the Greg family, but it turned out to be the adopted daughter. If she didnāt marry Stuart Yates, I would never know that thereās such a person in City A! "
"Then you are ignorant. This adopted daughter is a celebrity!"
"Thatās why. No wonder she is young and has such means..."
"Shhh, keep your voices down. I heard that Master Stuart loves his wife so much. Do you know why Miss Greg suddenly went to prison?"
"Why?"
"I heard that she harmed Mrs. Yates, thatās why she was sentenced for several years!"
"God, poor she! How did the family raise such an ungrateful child? Old Greg only had one blood-related granddaughter. Now that sheās in prison. Think of how painful Old Greg must have felt. Ever since then, Old Greg had been miserable; that must be the reason why he died."
"So it is! So sheās the one who caused Old Gregās death? Such a misfortune to have her as an adopted daughter!"
"Keep your voice down. Sheās married to Stuart. If she hears something, we might be imprisoned too!"
Edie didnāt want to argue with anyone, because she was there to see grandpa.
She fell to her knees as she came to grandpa. The pain in her knees was imperceptible.
Seeing such a scene, Madam Greg rushed over and pulled her hair to drag her out.
"You are not welcome here. Go back to where you came from! You donāt deserve to kneel in front of grandpa! " Madam Greg pushed her frantically.
Stanley Greg was afraid of Stuart, he said, "Veronica, stop it, donāt make a joke of yourself."
"Jokes? Isnāt it a joke that our daughter is in prison? Get out of here. You are not welcome in this house. Go find your man!"
This sentence undoubtedly responded to the guests who came to mourn. Edie was depending on a man to get what she wanted.
For a while, everyone was looking at the farce with great interest.
Ivan had been protecting Edie. Seeing that Madam, Greg was becoming more and more unreasonable, and he couldnāt help but increase his strength and swung his hand. Unexpectedly, he pushed Madam Greg to the ground.
Her reaction was also very quick. She immediately sat on the ground, crying and yelled, "How did we raise such an ungrateful child? You imprisoned Victoria, caused grandpa to die, we have adopted you, but you have revenged on our kindness. Old Gregās body hasnāt gone completely cold yet, and you come here to make trouble, you even hit me!"
Her voice reverberated in the room, making many people sigh.
Everyone was convinced that Edie was a woman who was dependent on men, that she was too vicious...
Edie listened, and tears fell down, without any argument.
If admitting these could make grandpa come back to life, she would be willing to bear all this, but... Grandpa would not come back.
Ivan looked at Edieās red face, the palm print was very clear, but she didnāt seem to feel the pain, her eyes were empty.
He was worried. If the president knew that he had let Edie suffer such grievances, he would not forgive him.
"Madam Greg, is this your way of treating your guest?" Ivanās words were slightly harsh.
Stanley Greg bitterly wiped his tears, ordered people to take Madam Greg away, and then said to the guests, "Follow me to the living room, someone is going to change my fatherās clothes into the shroud."
Then the guests left.
Ivan wanted to leave with Edie. After all, she was in a bad state. Too much gossiping. He was afraid that Edie couldnāt bear it.
"Mrs. Yates, Iāll take you to a hotel to take a rest. We can come back tomorrow morning."
"You go out first. I want to talk to Grandpa for a bit more." She blankly stared at grandpaās kind face, and her voice was nearly inaudible.
Ivan gave Edie a worried look, afraid that she would not be able to continue participating.
"Mrs. Yates, are you ok?"
"Iām fine. You can leave first." She tried to raise the corners of her mouth to give Ivan a good smile, but she knew her smile was too reluctant.
At this time, she couldnāt smile at all.