Bab 288: Return Home

"Come on, Emmeline. She doesn't want you anymore," Aiden said, his tone of exhaustion palpable. "You saw how she acted when you visited her. 

Amelia guessed this must be what Emmeline was crying about in the car ride. 

"She's just confused now!" Emmeline exclaimed in desperation. "When her head's clearer, she'll understand… she'll have to… Grandpa, can you do something? Say something to my mom? I don't even care about the inheritance, but you can't just ask my mom to abandon me!" 

Horace had a pained expression as he gazed at his once beloved granddaughter. She had erred tremendously, but her crimes paled in comparison to his own. His stubbornness and poor decisions had negatively impacted three generations of his family, and the reverberations were now still causing aftershocks.