Contract Marriage: The Replacement Groom

33 Jeslyn’s Agony- grandpa’s life lesson

Jeslyn returned to her room and sat on her bed, thinking about her matters. She still couldn’t believe that her dearest grandfather was dead. She slowly closed her watery eyes as the tears fell down her cheeks. 1

It hurts so badly. She didn’t get to see his body before he was cremated. She didn’t see his ashes and also, the most painful part is that she didn’t get to bid him farewell or attend his funeral.

That must be the reason she isn’t able to move on. All this while, she didn’t get a place… this quiet to think about her sorrows.

She had two unfeeling friends in prison who wouldn’t want to see her mourn or lament. Now that she is finally alone, she can cry now, right?

“Grandfather,” her lips shook. It hurts… Mentioning his name hurts very much.

“I miss you a lot…” she broke down in tears as she wailed like she had never before.

Jeslyn didn’t feel this way when her mother died and that was because she woke up after two years from a coma. Although she cried for a few weeks, she didn’t feel the kind of pain she was feeling right

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the strong-headed type of woman who wouldn’t tell Jeslyn she loved her but would rather do things to make her know how important Jeslyn was to

Alice was the type that would frown at Jeslyn for playing with

her daughter fight for herself. She wanted Jeslyn to only see the goodness in life and protected her so tightly from the evil of the world

the type of grandfather who would rather join Jeslyn to play with

his shoes the wrong way when

than do it for her. He would stand by the side to blow a whistle to

see that the world is like an ocean, beautiful with amazingly

“my child, playing at the bank of the ocean just to admire the beauty is a wonderful thing but not an achievement. However, going into the ocean to see the

what about you? You and your sister will be

might look peaceful and happy at the moment, but when I

success would come for

your beast of a father will come too.

strong, grow a thick skin, and

would go easy on you, then dissolving their attacks

the mistake of allowing your grandmother to teach your mother that way, but I won’t make that mistake with you. If your mother had not gone away from home and went to live with

home without you. I wanted to destroy your father but she didn’t allow me, saying it would hit you too hard.

lessons I taught you. Never show your weakness to

life lesson. He had sat her down beside

weight on you, but why did you let me fall so hard

me along with you. They didn’t