Silly Bride

Chapter 334

she looked at the panicking Jacinta. “When I found out that you had two phones and had been secretly contacting Stuart, I stopped the phone service of this phone right away. Granny, I was still hoping you would show me the thing you mentioned with the other phone instead of telling Stuart about the situation. You lied to me.” “It was you.” Jacinta finally realized what was going on upon hearing Winnie’s words. “No wonder I couldn’t make any calls on my way here. It kept telling me that I was outside of the coverage range, so I thought that it was because the signal in the outskirts was bad. It was you, Winnie? Why did you do this?”“Why did I do this?” Winnie snapped her brows together. “Don’t you know why I’m doing this? You’ve done something wrong, Granny! You can’t keep doing this! You and Stuart have to pay for what you’ve done!”Right as Winnie said that, she took out her phone to make a call.The call went through swiftly, and Winnie uttered the order to the person on the other end of the line in front of Jacinta, “Move in and keep Stuart exactly where he is.”“What are you doing, Winnie?” Jacinta finally realized what was going on; not only did Winnie have her under control, but she could even easily capture Stuart.In the next second, Jacinta grabbed Winnie’s arm and pleaded, “Let him go, Winnie! Zyon’s already gone! Your uncle had to attend his son’s funeral, and you’re going to send him to jail now? He’s not a young man anymore. His life would be ruined if he were to go to jail now. He won’t have a future anymore!”“Granny,” Winnie started as she stared at her grandmother before steeling herself and flinging Jacinta’s hand away. “You’ve already given up on your morals. Are a few years of jail time harsher than the loss of a life? When Stuart kills Xavier, are you going to tell me that Stuart’s loss of freedom is far more grave than the loss of Xavier’s life? Granny, it’s time to stop!”“But, Winnie, he’s the one and only kin of mine left in this world. Please! Please have mercy on him!” As Jacinta spoke, she went down on her knees before Winnie.As she bawled, she choked out, “You’re a good kid, Winnie, and I didn’t want to make you upset. That’s why I was planning to stop. I didn’t want you to be hurt so I wanted to stop and just ask Stuart to run. At the end of the day, he’s my son, and you’re my granddaughter. My heart aches for you, but my heart also aches for him. I’ve taken care of you for so many years and given you so much love. Yet, I’ve never done what a mother should do since the day I gave birth to my son. This is what I owe him. I’ve done far too little for him. Winnie, please let him go for my sake. Please! It’s just for this time. This will be the last time!”It felt as if a hand was wrapped tightly around Winnie’s heart as Winnie looked at her grandmother, who had tear streaks down her face.After a moment of silence, she firmly replied, “No.”Jacinta was devastated to hear that answer, but she soon changed her target and crawled over to beg Rufus.“Please let Stuart go! He’s your son too! I’m not here for anything else but this. I’m begging you to give him the last bit of love as his father. Give him what we owe him, and I’ll leave this place with him. I swear we’ll never return. We’ll never step foot into Avenport again and never ever appear in your line of