I've Been There Before

Chapter 241 It’s Too Late for Family

Mrs. James was extremely shocked. She looked at the person in front of her in surprise, as if she had met a ghost. She said each word with great difficulty, “What are you talking about?”

After Grace told Mrs. James what she knew briefly, she said, “That’s the case. Believe it or not, I’m not your daughter. I can’t save your son. The James family does not lack money, nor does Mr. James lack connections. I believe that if Mr. James really wants to save his son, he could find a match for Payne. If your family can’t find a match for him, how could I succeed? I’m only an outsider. I’m no helpful for saving your son,”

Grace said calmly. However, if Mrs. James wasn’t so shocked at the moment, and if she put in more effort to care about Grace’s feelings, she would sense the wisps of sorrow hidden beneath Grace’s calmness and indifference.

If… But in the reality, Mrs. James could not find.

Mrs. James could not find anything else apart from Grace’s calmness. She couldn’t sense Grace’s injuries beneath her coldness.

Grace finally landed her gaze on the “Mom” that she had been calling for more than twenty years. Her mom was still wearing luxurious clothes. “Go. Don’t waste your time here. Payne... Payne is still waiting for you.”

She could not force herself to call Payne her “big brother”.

It was not only because of the harm that the James family had done to her, but also because of the fact that she wasn’t a James.

“No! Little Grace!” How could Mrs. James let go of her? Grace was the last hope for her!

She had already pounced over recklessly, her hands tightly grabbing onto Grace. She was afraid that Grace would run away. She couldn’t give up… For her son, she couldn’t!

“Grace, you are really my daughter. I know what happened back then!” Mrs. James was so anxious that she forgot to keep the secret. She accidentally confessed to what had happened back then. However, Grace was still expressionless. Thinking that Grace might not believe her, she hurriedly said,

“You don’t believe what I said, but you believe in Master James, right?

Master James was such a wise person. If you weren’t a James, why would he raise you up?

Little Grace, you know your grandpa better than I do. Master James would not help others raise their children, nor would he hand over such a large amount of property to an outsider.

If you still don’t believe me, just think about your childhood. Master James raised you up personally. He taught you everything. He cared about you even more than your brother.” Copyright by Nôv/elDrama.Org.

Hearing Mrs. James’s words to justify herself, Grace was shocked. But looking at Mrs. James, who was anxious, Grace felt exhausted more than ever.

“So? Mrs. James, you have ignored me for many years because you misunderstood back then that I wasn’t your daughter. You didn’t dare to tell anyone in your family about your suspicions. You were afraid of losing your title of Mrs. James, right? If you didn’t tell anyone, you could watch me go through all the right and wrong, right?”

“Little Grace, I’m sorry. I…”

“Alright, there’s no need to say anything else. I can’t save Mr. Payne. Mrs. James, please remember that I’m a person with only one kidney.”

How could this woman make such a request to her? She wanted her—a crippled person—to donate her bone marrow?

Grace didn’t have the courage to admit that this “mother” in front of her would never think of her unless this “mother” was in need. Only when Mrs. James was in need of Grace, would she think of her daughter.

“Grace, I came all the way from S City for you. I also felt guilty about you. I think of you often.”

“Shut up!” Mrs. James’s sorrowful words only seduced the devil in Grace’s heart out. “Mrs. James!” Grace put her palms in her pockets. She was enduring great pain. She looked at the woman in front of her and said, “You didn’t come all the way for me. You came all the way for your son, Payne!

Am I your daughter?

Am I?

If so, why have I never felt the warmth of my mother?

If not, why do you keep saying that you’re thinking about me because I’m your daughter?

What exactly…are you here for? Are you really here for me?

Yes. Right!

You did come here for me!

For the bone marrow in my body!”

Unknowingly, her voice became louder and louder. She even shouted at Mrs. James, “Get out! Get out! I don’t have any bone marrow to save Payne!”

Carol ran over with a deathly pale face and hugged Grace tightly, who could no longer control herself. “Boss, boss, calm down. Don’t be so excited.”

But Grace was like a volcano that had been silent for hundreds of years. She had been viewed as an extinct volcano for too long. But at this moment, it suddenly erupted. Countless lava erupted out. Carol was too weak to hold Grace, who was like a volcano that erupted for the first time after a long silence.

Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps from afar. A man walked over. He grabbed Carol and pulled her to the side. He stretched out his long arm and tightly held her in his embrace. Even through his clothes, he could feel Grace trembling. His heart ached as he held her tighter and tighter. He whispered,

“Don’t be afraid. I’m here. No one can hurt you.”

Grace was shocked. She suddenly raised her head and looked up… The next second, she reached out and pushed him away, saying, “Why are you back?”

The man remained silent. “Caden has got something to do in the company, so he asked his people to go back first. On their way to the airport, they happened to see Mrs. James,” Ingemar, who was standing beside Caden, said in an unfriendly tone, as he pointed at Mrs. James, “in a taxi. They only called Caden after confirming that it was Mrs. James.

Mrs. James was heading towards Erhai Lake. Hearing that, Caden immediately came back. If he wasn’t worried about you, he wouldn’t have turned back on the way to the hospital.”

“I really do have to ask you, Mr. Shaw. Don’t worry about me anymore. I’m afraid that I won’t live long if Mr. Shaw is worried about me.”

“Grace, it’s been a few years since we last met. Your words are even sharper than a knife. No matter what, Caden’s head is still bleeding. He ran over worriedly anyway. You can ignore his feeling, but can you try to be nice at least?” Ingemar said angrily. He was irritated by Grace’s mean words.

Hearing Ingemar mention that Caden’s head was hurt, she looked up and saw scarlet blood oozing out of the gauze on Caden’s head. Only then did she become silent.

“Carol, there are too many irrelevant people here. Tell Mac and the others to send them away. If anyone wants to make trouble, call the police.”

She rubbed her eyebrows tiredly. Mrs. James could not believe that Grace was going to drive her away just like that.

“Little Grace, I’m begging you! Can you save your brother?”

“Your family is neither in need of money nor resources. Mr. James will spare no effort to save his son, Payne. After all, he only has one son.”

“Your father!” Mrs. James closed her eyes and suddenly opened them. She shouted at Grace, who was on the stairs,

“Your father has a bastard long ago!”