Chapter 44 grandpa's gone
Chapter 44 grandpa's gone
Chapter 44 grandpa's gone
"Ok."
Shawn nodded, "I promise, Grandpa."
"Good." Martin was happy and smiled happily. "Then I can set my mind at rest."
"Please ask Norah to come in."
Norah was the last to come in the room.
At the door, she tried to wipe away her tears.
She knew that grandpa wanted to see her smile face, and her tears were the last thing he want to see.
So she must hold tears back. She couldn't cry.
Norah managed to put a smile on the face after controlling her mood and went over to Martin, shaking
his hands.
"Grandpa, I’m here."
Norah tried to control herself and kept telling himself to smile.
She had to show the best position to grandpa to let grandpa be happy without any worries.
But as soon as she opened her mouth to talk, she could not help shedding tears.
"Norah, don't cry, it is the natural law for human beings to end with death. Each of us will finally go
through this stage, but I'm the first one to be there. But I'm worry about you if I died."
Norah hold his hands, shaking her head and said, "No, Grandpa, please don't leave me. Please stay
with me all the time."
"We promise that I will hang out with you again. I haven't fulfill my promise. How could you leave me
alone?"
Norah was crying almost out of breath, and she couldn't take it.
She even thought it was all a dream.
When she woke up, the dream was over.
"Honey, I know you've been upset about the reason that Shawn marry you. You think he didn't really
want to marry you, so you're disappointed. But I wanted to tell you that the process sometimes doesn't
matter, as long as the results are good."
"Do you always consider that the reason grandpa asked Shawn to marry you, is only to repay
kindness?"
Norah nodded. "Yes."
She did have such thought.
Martin shook his head and said, "Your mother saved me. So everyone thought I want to repay your
mother's kindness, in order to make myself feel at ease so let you two get married. But I have a
thousand ways to do that. I can give you money, expensive cars, villas, shares and so on. But do you
know why I chose this kind of way?"
Norah shook her head and listened in silence.
"Because only in this way can you be assured of a happy and good life, and only when you are tied
together with Shawn can you be more secured."
"Of course, I also have my selfishness. I have seen many kinds of girls in my tough life. You are the
most suitable for Shawn. Lilian is not suitable for him at all. They will not be happy together, and the girl
is not simple, with too much desires."
"But Norah, you are different. You are kind and simple. You never want to fight."
"Remember my words. Shawn one day will find out your merits, and he will change his mind, and fall in
love with you. You will definitely have many cute babies. At that time remember to tell me and celebrate
with me with a drink."
Norah smiled, "Yes, grandpa. I will."
Martin patted her hand and, with his last breath, continued his words,
"It may be a little hard now, but you are husband and wife, and you should work together in this life.
You should share good times and bad times together. Trust me, you will have your happiness."
"I built up the Lawson family from nothing. You may seldom hear me talk about grandma, who died
many years ago. She is my love in my life. She is intelligent, elegant, smart and kind, and it is because
of her support that I have could made the Lawson family so wealth and strong."
"All these years, when she was there, I felt safe."
"But later, when our life was better, she was seriously ill. After all, I could not save her. It's time to meet
her and accompany her after such a long and tough lingering time."
Martin smiled gently.
It was the first time Norah had seen such a spoiled and happy smile in grandpa's eyes.
"Grandpa, you must love grandma very much."
"Yeah." Martin nodded earnestly, his mind racing away. "Yes, I love so much."
"Grandpa is just like you, missing grandma so much, so I'm going to pursue my love, too. I feel very
happy to be with grandma."
With those words, Martin was very tired.
Norah poured him a glass of water, and after drinking, grandpa closed his eyes and rested.
Norah looked at his closed eyes and was suddenly afraid.
But she didn't have the gut to ask.
Not even moved.
Just wait there quietly.
In an anxious mood.
A few minutes later, grandpa slowly opened his eyes again and spoke with difficulty, "Norah, I left a key
to your mother. Use the key to open the second drawer. There are letters from me. I wrote down all the
words there because I am so tired."
"Ok, grandpa, I'll read it when I get home."
Norah nodded straightly, but tears still shed uncontrollably.
"Norah, grandpa doesn't feel bad. Don't cry."
"Ok." Norah quickly reached out his hand to wipe the tears on her face, " I won't cry."
"Grandpa, Norah has a secret to tell you, too."
"Oh?" Martin was surprised.
Norah leaned close to the Martin's ear and said softly, "Grandpa, I have loved Shawn for many, many
years, and I love him very much. Please don't worry, I will keep our marriage."
"And, " Norah put her hand on her stomach, with tender eyes and smiled brightly. "Grandpa, I'm
pregnant."
Martin's eyes lit up and he was very excited.
Probably too excited, Martin's lips trembled and he did not speak for a long time.
But she could tell he was happy.
Norah knew what he wanted to ask, grabbed his hand and explained earnestly, "It's true, Grandpa.
Norah didn't lie to you. It's been nearly two months."
"Grandpa, don't worry. I will listen to you, take care of the baby, and protect our family."
"Good." Martin was so excited that it took him a long time to utter the word.
After his delight, Martin drew a deep breath, looking exhausted.
Norah knew that the moment was to come after all.
The instrument made a loud noise and everyone rushed in.
Grandpa smiled, looked at everyone, then dropped his hands and closed his eyes forever.
He left with a smile on his face.
The doctor tried hard to save him, but there was nothing he could do.
Finally, the doctor announced the time of death.
The doctor said grandpa had died peacefully, painlessly with content.
But it could not make up for the sadness and emptiness in her heart.
Norah sat there, motionless as a wooden figure. Original from NôvelDrama.Org.
Her hands did not move.
So did her body.
She didn't even blinked, like a sculpture.
For a long time, she could not accept the fact.
Until Susan hugged her, crying loudly, "Norah, my kid, please talk. Don't frighten me."