Chapter 128

"There's a saying, it says, 'coughs...'" Granny was explaining as she coughed.

"Sorry, mother!"

"You can suspend all you want to say till other times, Grandma."

They were all expressing their concerns.

"I already told you that I'm fine," the old woman insisted, straining her sick voice. Lady Wendy is the type that doesn't accept defeat easily. She was sick but she wasn't ready to accept it.

All her children went silent for her. She might get furious if they picked a further argument with her.

"The saying says, 'act as if you're dead to know those who truly loved you.'" Elena's eyes widened as Granny said this. Her face felt cold instantly, feeling so bothered about how to change the bad narrative from her mother's mind.

"The saying is worth more than any of you could think of it." The old woman placed her right palm on her chest as she continued.

"I wasn't even pretending to be sick yet I was able to know those who want me dead."

"Don't say that, mother. You will live longer on this E