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Chapter 1433
Hector took Lucy to the front of the car. Seeing that Lucy looked distressed and did not
say a word, he grabbed her by her shoulders. “Lucy, you don’t have to take her words
seriously.”
“But isn’t she your grandmother? But why...”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtHector took a deep breath, turned around, and leaned against the car door. “My
family’s affairs are very complicated. I didn’t think so before this because I’m a boy,
and my grandmother favors sons over daughters and pampered me a lot.
“She had never taught me what’s right and what’s wrong. She would do anything for me as long as I wanted that
thing, no matter whether it was right or wrong. So much so that I thought she could save me even if I were to get
into any huge trouble.
“But it turned out that I was wrong. I degenerated, became depraved, and didn’t know that society was a sinister
place. If it weren’t for Maisie, I’m afraid I would’ve fallen into an abyss, step by step.
“Do you know about my sister, Linda Vanderbilt? My grandmother looked down on her very much because she was
a girl. Her whole life was ruined by my grandmother’s pedantic and obstinate upbringing. She didn’t even shed a
tear when my mother and Linda died. Those relatives of hers have always been more important than the members
of her own family.”
Lucy’s heart trembled, and she cupped his cheeks with both hands. “I understand you.”
Hector hugged her, buried his face into the side of her neck, and smiled. “As Maisie said, this is my life, and I can
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmmake my own decisions. I don’t have to be a puppet who’s at the mercy of others. Even my relatives can’t tell me
what I should do with my life.”
At noon, Heidi called her son and grandson several times, but the phone calls did not
get through.
She panicked and hurried out of the ward.
As she was passing by the stairwell, she suddenly heard someone’s voice, took a few
steps backward, looked into the stairwell, and saw the two relatives standing in the
corridor, chatting.
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