As they left, neither of them noticed old Mrs. Horton behind them, pursing her lips.

"How dare those people order around my granddaughter-in-law!"

Spitting on them would have been the least of it!

Thinking this, she reached out for a glass of water to rinse her mouth, but as soon as her hand extended, it almost knocked the cup over.

At that moment, a hand appeared and caught the glass.

Old Mrs. Horton turned her head to see Keira standing beside her.

Immediately, she put on an innocent face. "You're such a pretty girl. Who are you?"

"I'm Nora. I made the medicine you've been taking. Lewis and I both know you're fine now, so you can drop the act."

With a sigh, Keira placed the glass back in old Mrs. Horton's hand.

Old Mrs. Horton smiled bitterly. "Even if you can tell, you could just pretend you don't."

Keira took a napkin and gently wiped her mouth. "Why go through all this? Let's just enjoy these last moments together, okay?"

Old Mrs. Horton sighed. "What do you know? I'm getting old, and soon, I won't be able to take care of myself. In a few days, someone will need to help me with... everything. I can't bear to let you and Lewis do that."

reddened. "But

say there are no dutiful children in front of a sick bed for

Now, in the last stretch, maybe I'll finally spend some time with them. Keira, you should stay by Lewis's side and help him get used to life without me. As for me, I can let go and spend time with the main branch, let

this, Keira sighed again and nodded. She didn't say anything more. As she reached for some tissues and a mop to clean up the food old Mrs. Horton had thrown up, old Mrs. Horton turned toward the door and called out, "Oliver,

"Grandma, I'm cleaning

don't want you near

and Dad lately. What can we do? Maybe you should just let it go and

at old Mrs. Horton. "And what about all this mess on the

Mrs. Horton beat him to it. "My grandson will clean it

Oliver said, "What?!"

disbelief at the mess on the

hadn't been eating much, and this morning's breakfast

made Oliver

seemed utterly dependent on Oliver. She then turned to Keira. "You, get away. Go

this, Oliver quickly said, "Yeah, I'll clean it up! You stay

know what to

her throat. "Alright, I'll leave it to you

and turned to head upstairs. But before she reached the top, she noticed Lewis standing in the shadows of the stairwell, watching them

to him right away.

of me, she never got close to the main branch. Now's the time for her to

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