âAre you worried about her?â he asked instead of replying to her question.
âShe used to take care of me and cared a lot about me. I canât be indifferent,â said Grace.
He raised his hand and brushed it gently over her swollen eyes. âBut whatâs the point even if you know how sheâs doing now?â
âJay, if you really want to take revenge on Mrs. Watts, at least get her a doctor. Otherwise, at her age, sheâll probably die if the fever gets serious,â said Grace.
Jason suddenly chuckled. âSheâll âprobablyâ die, but what about my father? He did die! Grace, do you know what real revenge is? Sheâs only having a fever now. I havenât had her mutilated, her tongue cut, or her eyes gouged out. I didnât even break her arms or legs. Iâve been nothing but merciful. What else do you want from me?â
He would probably have made the woman more miserable if it had not been for Grace!
Grace gasped and looked at the man in front of her in shock.
Jason gently stroked the hair beside her cheek. âDid I scare you?â
âIâ¦â Her throat felt utterly dry.
âBut Grace, this is me-the real me.â He showed her his dark side. âBut you never have to be afraid of me. Iâll never hurt you!â
Grace stared at Jason for a long time before murmuring, âI know you wonât hurt me, but Jay, are you sure you canât let me see my mentor and his wife?â
He said, âItâs unnecessary. If they want to spend the rest of their lives in prison, thatâs their choice, isnât it?â
Due to Mrs. Wattsâs guilt and remorse, she probably would not avoid this punishment, and her mentor would probably accompany Mrs. Watts.
âAlright, itâs late. Letâs rest early,â Jason said to Grace, and she replied in a low voice.
The next day after Jason left, Grace went to a cabinet. She opened the drawer and took out a small box inside, which contained a talisman.
The talisman was the one Brian gave her when he came to the hospital to visit her before leaving Emerald City.
Brian only said that she should open the talisman if she ever came across any trouble.
However, she did not pay much attention to what he said at that time. She only thought that Jay would help her if she were ever in trouble. She would not even need Brianâs help.
It was recently when she opened the talisman that she found an address and a small flower carved out of amethyst.
Grace bit her lip slightly as she squeezed the paper containing the address and the amethyst flower in her hand.
Looking down at tMason Swansontyâs landscape, you would feel as if you were on top of the world and were trampling everything else under your feet.
Brian looked down at everything outside the French window. He had been high and mighty, overlooking everything since he was a child.
He thought he could get everything he wanted, but it turned out that he could get many things except what he wanted the most.
âShould I say Jason is lucky, or that Iâm unlucky?â