Chapter 33 – The Man Next Door
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“Stupid! You are just like your mother! A damn, foolish woman! Mr. Thomas is already a bag of gold. How could you let him go? Why are you so stupid?”
My grandmother hit me on the back of my head, expressing how angry she was. Pain registered in me, but I outright brushed it off as I pulled another weed.
No matter how mad my grandmother was, she wouldn’t be able to rule over the fact that I would not get married to that delusional old man. She could get mad all she wanted as I plan my life ahead.
“Grandmother! Daisy! Good morning!”
A lively greeting from the landowner next door stopped my grandmother’s arms from hitting me once more. My grandmother might have been a deluded and scheming old woman, but she will never reveal that part of her to anot
