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Just then, a nurse came out from the ward and said, “Old Madam Presgrave wants to see Mrs. Presgrave.”
Anastasia hurriedly answered, ‘I’m here.”
Elliot nodded at her, and Brenda gave her a pat. “Go on.”
When Anastasia walked into the ward, she saw Harriet hooked up to a ventilator, and her white hair made her seem much weaker than before. However, her eyes were still clear.
“Come over, my child.” Harriet extended her hand toward Anastasia.
Forcing her tears back, Anastasia sat by the bed, and Harriet took her hand in hers. “You’re the child I worry about the most.”
“Grandma, you’ll get better.” Anastasia held her sadness in and comforted her.
“I know my time is up. Don’t be sad now. I have no regrets.” Harriet was open minded. When the doctor wanted to extend her life earlier, she immediately refused. She just wanted to leave the world neatly instead of paying to go through the pain of surgery and then leaving.
“Grandma, do you have anything to say to me?” Anastasia held her hand.
“After I leave, all of our family matters will be up to you.” Harriet looked at her with a regretful expression. “When I asked you to marry into our family, I wanted to give you a good life.”
“Grandma, I love Elliot. As long as I can be with him, I can do anything.” Anastasia reassured her, not wanting her to blame herself.
“When I’m not around anymore, Elliot will only have you and his aunt left.” As she spoke, her eyes filled with tears.
At the sight, Anastasia was unable to hold her tears back as well. While wiping her tears away, she comforted, “Don’t worry,
Grandma, I’ll always stay by his side, and I’ll never let him be alone.”
As she spoke, Anastasia continued to cry even more as she felt a pang of pain for Elliot. Once Harriet was gone, he would be the saddest person as his parents died early when he was a child, and he was brought up by his grandmother. She couldn’t even begin to comprehend how much pain he was in at the moment.
“I’m leaving our family matters to you. You have to be strong. Don’t let anyone bully you,” Harriet instructed.
Anastasia pursed her lips and nodded. “All right, I will.”
Harriet’s breathing turned heavy, as if speaking was an extremely difficult task for her. Anastasia hurriedly advised her to rest, but Harriet said to her, “Call Elliot to come in too.”
Anastasia passed the instructions to the nurse behind her, and the nurse went outside. Not long later, Elliot came in. He half knelt by the bed and leaned in toward Harriet. “I’m here, Grandma.”
Harriet grabbed his hand and said, “Elliot, you have to take good care of Anastasia in the future. Never let her down.”
“I know. I love her more than I love myself. I’ll use my life to protect her,” Elliot swore.
Anastasia pursed her lips, her eyes filling with tears as his voice pierced through her heart and deeply moved her.
“I have no regrets. You’re the most capable and powerful person in our family, so you have to take care of Nigel and the others,” Harriet continued.
“I will, Grandma. You should rest.” Elliot reached out and gently caressed her gray hair.
However, Harriet didn’t want to rest at all. She didn’t have much time left in the first place, so she wanted to use her last moments to the best that she could and look at the people she was worried about the most.
“I wanted to see Jared, but with my current state, I don’t think I should. I don’t want to scare him.”
“Grandma, you won’t scare Jared. I’ll bring him over to see you!” Anastasia said in a choked voice.
Nevertheless, Harriet didn’t want to scare the young child and shook her head resolutely. “I really don’t want to scare him. Just tell him that I’m going to see his great-grandpa.”
Elliot respected her wishes, knowing that it wasn’t that she didn’t love her grandson, but she loved him too much. Anastasia nodded in understanding as well. Just then, Harriet’s breathing quickened, and Elliot hastily got up and called the doctor.
As Harriet needed to rest, everyone went to the lounge. Just as Anastasia sat down, someone kindly handed her a piece of tissue. When she looked up and saw that it was Sophia, she gave her a grateful look.
Not long later, Nigel arrived in a hurry, his eyes full of sadness as he sat next to Elliot. The two cousins looked at each other, neither of them saying a word. Then, Anastasia asked Sophia to go back first as they would stay in the hospital to accompany Harriet in her final moments. When it was time to pick up Jared in the afternoon, Elliot sent his bodyguards and asked Nigel to take him home while they stayed in the hospital.
At the same time, the other members of the Presgrave Family had also heard the news, and they felt like they could finally let out a huge sigh of relief. Finally, Harriet, who had the most influence, was leaving, and they thought the newly promoted Anastasia was much easier to deal with. All of them were waiting for Harriet to take her last breath, and at the same time, several elders were also sent to the hospital to pay her a visit. However, all of them were turned away by Elliot. As Harriet didn’t have much time left, he hoped that the last people to stay by her side would not be the ones who were full of schemes, but only the ones who loved her.
That night was exceptionally long, and in the quiet hospital hallway, even the nurses kept their footsteps to the lightest. After Harriet slept, her condition continued to worsen, as if it was time for her candle to go out.
When it was almost dawn, she woke up, and Brenda held her hand while calling out softly, “Mom!”
It took a huge amount of energy for Harriet to speak, and she said in a hoarse voice, “The sun is up. It’s time for me to go.”
“Mom, don’t go.” Brenda couldn’t help but burst into tears.
Elliot and Anastasia rushed in from outside as well. As they listened to the sound of Brenda weeping, Anastasia’s red eyes filled with tears. Harriet seemed to be thinner and weaker.
“You’re all here…” Harriet looked at the people around her, her eyes teary and reluctant, but she still closed her eyes without regret.
In the end, the hand that was holding her daughter’s hand suddenly dropped limply.
In an instant, the whole room was full of cries from Brenda, Anastasia, and Jodie. Though the men suppressed their emotions, they felt equally sad on the inside. The hospital director stood by the bed in silence with the executives of the hospital, sending the noble Harriet off on her final journey.
In the morning, when Nigel sent Jared to school, he couldn’t control himself in the end and teared up, his eyes red-rimmed. He said to the little fellow, “Jared, you must always remember what your great-grandma looks like, okay?”
“What happened to Great-Grandma?” Jared asked with wide eyes.
“It’s nothing. She just went somewhere very far away.” After Nigel finished speaking, he kissed Jared on the forehead and said, “Off to the classroom you go.”
Jared gave him a hug before he entered the classroom.
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