True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 989

"You mean you don't know where her ashes were taken to?" Lawrence focused on this as what he cared about most was the whereabouts of Candace's ashes.

'Yes, I don't know where her ashes were taken to," answered the other party over the phone in a flat tone. After a slight adjustment of his tone, he asked, "Mr. Jones, when are you going to pay us? We still have families to raise and feed. How do you expect us to live without food?"

"I don't have the money to pay you guys at the moment. Just hang on a little, I'll surely pay you guys once I have the money."

"Mr. Jones, you've been owing us a few months' worth of salary, and all this while, you keep repeating that you'll pay us once you have the money. I think it's difficult for you to have a turnaround with the amount you owe your debtors. I don't think you are even able to pay our salaries. You know what, why don't you just settle our debts once and for all, then we'll part our ways here." "I already said I don't have the money!" Answered Lawrence rudely. "Go and replace out where her ashes were taken first."

"Mr. Jones, go replace it yourself." The other party over the phone sneered and said, "You're the only one with the guts to order people around without paying. We're done here."

He hung up as soon as he finished, which immediately caused Lawrence to fume in anger. He was about to smash his phone until he remembered he wouldn't even be able to buy another phone if he broke his current one.

He felt dejected as he lowered his arm and sat on the couch. With both hands covering his face, he started sobbing.

Tears streamed down through the gaps between his fingers as he whimpered and cried out, "Candace!"

However, no other sound apart from immense loneliness answered him.

Apart from his own voice, there was no other sound in the whole room.

At the Smiths' place.

Heinz and Grace brought Lowell back home while Alice and Jensen returned to the Charm family home.

Zachary and his mother also went back, whereas Timothy also returned home from the garden.

The three of them remained in silence as soon as they entered their house.

Little Gary and Ernest looked at them in surprise, especially after they noticed how their parents and Lowell seemed really down. He looked at them and asked, "You guys look as if you just came back from a funeral. Why? Did someone pass away?"

Grace frowned. She did not expect Little Gary to guess it correctly and speak so directly.

Heinz was startled as well as he stared at Little Gary without saying anything.

Lowell didn't even look up when he said, "Grace, Heinz, I'll go back to my room first."

"Lowell, come out for a meal after you've showered and freshened up," Grace called out.

"Okay." He nodded and left with red eyes.

Little Gary frowned when he noticed that he was being ignored by everyone, "All of you look so down, why else would a pregnant woman like Mommy leave the house if it wasn't for my irresponsible grandma having passed away?"

Grace looked at him again, "Yes, your grandma just passed away."

"Oh!" Little Gary shrugged and answered, "I'm sorry for your loss, Mommy."

"Mommy, did Grandma really pass away?" Ernest was surprised as well.

"Yes." She did not attempt to hide anything. "It's been 3 days now. She was just cremated."

Little Gary sighed, "She passed away so quickly. It looks like God treated her well after all." Grace frowned at him. "How could you say such a thing?"

"Don't you think that irresponsible mom of yours should have at least gotten chastened before passing away?" He refuted sharply, "I'm sorry, but I just don't feel overly upset about it. I mean, this news sounded sad at first, but as soon as I thought about the hardships you suffered due to her and Heinz, I just don't feel bad anymore. I don't plan to feel bad either, and I won't mind if you guys want to think of me as unkind."

Grace merely stared at him, "It's up to you. You never really spent much time with her so you've never formed a relationship with her. Whether you want to be upset about it or not, it's up to you. I will not force you."

Little Gary was startled and stared at his mother for quite a while before he sighed, "I still feel pretty bad."

In response, Grace smiled bitterly.

Perhaps that's because they were still related by blood after all.

Ernest said to her, "Mommy, don't be too sad about it."

She just shook her head.

Honestly, she couldn't tell whether she was feeling sad or bitter anymore. After all, everything has been settled already.

Little Gary jumped down from the sofa and said, "Mommy is an adult now; she doesn't need us to comfort her. Ernest, I think we should console our uncle instead. He looked really down."

"Okay, Gary," Ernest immediately nodded his head.

The two of them walked to Lowell's room together.

As they were walking, Little Gary said to Ernest, "Look, Lowell doesn't have a mom anymore. That's why it's not a good idea to give birth when you're too old. Ernest, remember not to get married too late. If you marry late and have babies later in life, it'll be your child who suffers. By then, your child won't even know whether to address you as his dad or grandpa."

"Gary, aren't you overthinking this?" Ernest answered, "We're only 5 years old."

"If we start planning ahead and begin looking for our own wives now, well be saving so much time and effort in the long run. We won't have to go through the trouble of looking for one in the future," rebutted Little Gary. "The girl who came today is quite beautiful. Why don't we introduce her to Lowell?"

"But Lowell is a few years older than us, whereas the girl who came today is even younger than us," Ernest sounded surprised, "Shouldn't we introduce ourselves to her instead?"

"Do you have a crush on her?"

"No, I thought you were the one who liked her," Ernest said. "You even made her cry just now."

Little Gary immediately cleared his throat, "Why would I make her cry if I liked her?"

"I thought you liked her."

"A crybaby who's snotty, yuck." He immediately shook his head in disgust, "Since she's a crybaby, let's just introduce her to Lowell."

"But Lowell doesn't even go to the same school with us," Ernest responded, "Gary, did you get things mixed up?"

"Wouldn't it be considered so the moment she was invited to our house?" Little Garry said as a matter of fact, "Lowell just lost his mom. He would need a relationship to comfort his damaged little heart." "Gary!" Exclaimed Ernest.

"Alright, that's the plan for now. We'll talk about it again in the future." They arrived in front of Lowell's room as soon as Little Gary said that.

Behind them, Heinz and Grace stared at each other in utter shock after overhearing their conversation.

They waited until the two kids entered Lowell's room.

Grace turned to Heinz, "Heinz, do you think they'll fight over a woman when they grow up?"

He took a deep breath, "I hope you won't jinx it."

She quickly knocked on wood, "No, that wouldn't happen. Little Gary isn't silly, Ernest is also well-behaved, whereas Lowell is sensible. Surely they won't start liking the same girl."