Chapter 141 - One Hundred And Forty-one : Come Back Home (1/2)

Maya's POV

I helped my granny settle down on the couch, placing her walking cane beside her.

Looking over my shoulder, I said to Kim's mom who was still looking around with her head held high like a proud peacock.

”You're free to stand, after all, I don't have any seat befitting your honorable status ”

The sarcasm beneath my words was so obvious that even the maidservant snickered quietly at the side.

”You disrespectful chil-” The rest of her words died off when she realized I purposely incited her to anger.

Kim's mother humphed and sat down grumpily, crossing one leg over the other with a posture only socialites would be able to pull off flawlessly.

”Make yourself comfortable ” I patted granny affectionately and left to get her a drink.

Grandma Octavia was an ardent drinker notwithstanding her age and because I spent half of my childhood with her, inherited her great drinking prowess.

But I had to consider Eden's words, Granny was already stricken with age and drinking was not going to help her so I opted for fruit juice instead.

”What is this? ” She asked as soon as I served her a glass of freshly made citrus juice.

”Grandma” I sat beside her, threw my arms around her shoulder, and began to coax her, ”Don't you want to see me get married? ”

”What's this brat talking about?” She gave me the look, ”Of course, I want to see my cute grandchildren and carry them in my strong arms ”

I gave her a confused look, ”If your arms are as strong as brick, then why is your waist as fragile as an egg?”

Bingo, I caught my granny in her lies but I should've known by now she was one tough fighter.

She hit me hard at the back of my head causing me to throw an exasperated tantrum.

”What did I do now? ” I asked with a mean moue, rubbing the back of my head aggrieved - this old woman still had enough strength in her hands.

”Are you trying to say I'm a liar? ” She threw the question at me with a straight face to which I shook my head while eyeing her hands raised in the air- dodging her hit should be my next option.

”Such an unfilial granddaughter ” My grandma began to wail loudly.

Wonderful, I forget this foxy old woman was a drama queen - no wonder, Kim's mother and her daughter must have inherited their pretense skill from her.

She continued to complain ”You left home for years and didn't even bother to check up on me, now my hip is suffering the consequences of your neglect ”

My eyes twitched and I facepalmed mentally, suffering from negligence my butt!

Though granny and her daughter Angela aka Kim's mom, don't see eye to eye on a lot of issues but she takes care of this cranky old woman well.

Few years after I was brought out from the countryside, Angela eventually took her mother to the city but settled her in another property with enough care and amenities.

Kim's mother was ashamed and scared that her mother living with us then, will prompt her wealthy friends to search into her ugly background she had worked hard to cover for years.

It was no secret that Angela was a country pumpkin whose luck shined when she earned the chance to study in a prominent school through scholarship.

There she met her darling husband who fell in love with her at first sight and though she faced many challenges from his family over the years due to the differences in their status, succeeded in getting married to him.

But no matter how capable and gifted Kim's mom was, her background was always a thorn in her side. Which was why she didn't want her first-class friends to catch sight of her old-fashioned mother.

My blood boiled when I remembered Kim's mother denied granny the day she came for a visit and coincidentally met her friends.

”Who is that woman dressed in that hideous outfit ” One of them had asked, pointing at grandma derisively with her long manicured claws - there was no way on earth that was her fingers.

Though I was young then, I could never forget the way Angela turned against her mother.

”Don't worry, she's one of my employees, ” Kim's mother answered without batting her eyelids.

The other one laughed, ”Angela, I've told you to stop taking in people like that, they would only lower your  status ”

Angela laughed nervously, ”What can I do? Am too compassionate ” she vomited from that hose called her mouth and in the guise of sipping her drink, signaled grandmother to leave right away.