True Fated Marriage (Grace and Heinz)
Chapter 991

A trace of worry appeared in Lowell's eyes as he lifted his head up, "My sister's baby?" He thought to himself.

He was so engulfed in his own sorrow that he completely forgot about the fact that his sister was currently pregnant.

He started regretting his behavior and looked guilty about it.

He nodded immediately. "Don't worry, I'll stop making her worry so much. I understand that she wants the best for me, as well as how kind a person she is. Of course I wouldn't want her or her baby to get hurt because of me. Let's eat now."

He looked a lot calmer than he previously did, and stood up after some thought.

He behaved maturely given his young age, which pained Grace's heart deeply.

"What a mature child," she sighed to herself as she looked at Lowell while she stood outside his room. She could only imagine how difficult it must be for a child like him to accept the death of his mom and quickly recover.

Lowell immediately noticed his sister when he arrived at the door. He was startled for a moment, and then shouted, "Grace!"

She nodded and held his shoulders. "Let's go and eat now. Life goes on no matter what. The best thing we can do is to protect ourselves, do you understand?"

"I understand, Grace. You don't have to comfort or worry about me. I'm doing fine, and I understand that you and Heinz both did your best," Lowell said genuinely. "Thank you so much for handling Mom's remains, and also for scattering her ashes in the garden. I understand that it's the best way to handle her ashes, and probably what she would have preferred as well."

"You mean you don't blame me at all?" Grace felt slight disbelief. After all, although Alice gave her full support, it was still her own idea to have scattered her mother's ashes.

Moreover, she never asked for Lowell's approval regarding this decision as she felt that he was still a child after all. Therefore, she felt pained upon witnessing his support and understanding towards her. She shouldn't have overlooked him and asked for his opinion instead.

Lowell shook his head, "Mom has been travelling all over without having any fixed abode for the past few years. Considering how she never settled down at any point in her whole life, she probably would have wished for her ashes to be scattered around as well. Unlike the rest, she never really longed to return to her roots."

"He really does know our mom quite well," Grace thought to herself while staring at him.

"Even if some of your decisions may turn out to be wrong, I understand that you are always doing your best, so I'll always support you regardless of what the outcome may be," Lowell expressed his thoughts. Deeply touched by his words, Grace stroked his head, "Whenever I'm wrong, you can always remind and point it out to me."

He shook his head with a smile and remained headstrong, "I understand you, Grace. You won't ever make any mistakes."

She was surprised by his unrelenting trust for her, to the point she felt lost for words.

When they finally sat down for dinner, Little Gary and Ernest came over as well. Grace stared at them in surprise. "Haven't you two had your dinner yet?"

The housekeeper immediately answered in their place, "They said that they shouldn't eat before the adults get home, so they've been waiting for you without having their own dinner first." Grace hadn't expected her children to be so sensible.

She immediately recalled what Miss Holland told her earlier. After a brief internal struggle, she hesitated for a while before she asked, "Little Gary and Ernest, was there a new student in your class?" Little Gary instantly raised his eyebrows and stared at his mother with caution. "Mommy, why would you suddenly ask about this? Where did you hear this from?"

Heinz added, "Did you really think we needed anyone to tell us about it? All we had to do was listen to the conversation between you and Ernest."

Little Gary immediately lowered his head in frustration, "I can't believe you two eavesdropped on our conversation!"

Heinz raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean by eavesdropping? Both of you were talking so loudly just now."

"What are you trying to imply here?" Little Gary looked at him petulantly.

"All I wanted was to ask you to invite that little girl, as well as some other close friends, over for a meal tomorrow. That's all. Weren't you planning to invite her over for a meal anyway?

Heinz looked over at Grace as soon as he finished his sentence.

She nodded in agreement, "Yeah, let's invite your close friends over tomorrow."

Little Gary instantly felt surprised, "This is so out of character for the both of you! There must be a hidden agenda behind this, so tell me, what's the actual deal here?"

Heinz merely smiled in response.

Grace remained in silence as well.

"Could it be because the both of you really plan to introduce a girlfriend to Lowell?" Little Gary raised his voice and exclaimed, "Aren't you guys being too progressive?"

"Why not? Wasn't that your suggestion?" Heinz asked in return.

Little Gary was startled for a moment as he glared at him with a frown. "What exactly did I say again?"

"You have a smart brain, I'm sure you will eventually remember it if you recall carefully," Heinz answered indifferently.

"Old Heinz, aren't you just trying to hoodwink me here?" Little Gary was so close to bursting in anger, "For real though, whose idea was this?"

After remaining silent for the past few minutes,

Grace finally responded, "It was my idea. As your mom, how could I not help you invite your friends after overhearing your thoughts? Had I not done so, you would have seen me as a mom who didn't know any better. Thus, I've decided that we'll open up our house, so go ahead and invite your friends over tomorrow."

Little Gary was completely startled as he never expected this to be his mom's idea.

This felt so baffling. How the tables have turned.

He took a deep breath and sighed again, "I still can't figure out how the both of you became so open-minded out of a sudden."

"Of course we have to start working hard to keep up with a son like you, otherwise we don't even dare to call ourselves your parents," Heinz bemoaned, as he considered how this little guy had never addressed him as his dad even up to this point.

He felt a deep sense of helplessness and defeat.

"Okay yeah, that's true." Little Gary snorted and said, "Of course we all have to work hard. Did you think you were the only hardworking one? I'm also working very hard okay. Mommy is also making an effort. Did you think it wasn't challenging to live with you?

Heinz gazed at Little Gary for quite a while before he turned to Grace in a tight-lipped manner, "Mommy to our children, an important attribute of a gentleman would be to care for you in a humble manner, so why don't we have a family meeting every week from now onwards? That way, you can see whether Lowell, Little Gary, Ernest and I performed well in this regard?"

She instantly understood the hidden meaning behind his message.

He was attempting to warn and correct Little Gary secretly.

This was a way to beat around the bush without hurting the boy's self-esteem.

"I agree," Lowell was the first to raise his hand.

"I agree too," Ernest raised his hand up as well.

Little Gary frowned and looked at everyone with suspicion, "Is it just me or am I being targeted here?"