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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but would rather do things to make her know how important Jeslyn

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

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 and that was the reason Ms. Alice didn’t let Jeslyn and grandpa Lee

of grandfather who would rather

the kind of old man that would wear his shoes the wrong way when Jeslyn does, just to make

fight her own battles than do it for her. He would

amazingly gorgeous creatures, but

wonderful thing but not an achievement. However, going into the ocean to see the dangers underneath it

old now and one of these days I will join your mother, but what about you?

happy at the moment, but when I die,

to success would come for you, the homes that

mostly, your beast of a father

do then? Learn to be strong, grow a thick skin, and hide

the world thinks you are weak, your enemies would go easy on you, then dissolving their attacks would be a walk in the park for

but I won’t make that mistake with you. If your mother had not gone away from home and went to live with that father of yours in country G, breaking

know about your mother’s dilemma when she came back home without you. I wanted

future, never forget the lessons I taught you. Never show your weakness to

after remembering her grandfather’s life lesson. He had sat her down

I rested my whole weight on you, but why did you let me fall so hard and didn’t give me

along with you. They didn’t just take your life