Chapter 288: Return Home
"Come on, Emmeline. She doesn’t want you anymore," Aiden said, his tone of exhaustion palpable. "You saw how she acted when you visited her.
Amelia guessed this must be what Emmeline was crying about in the car ride.
"She’s just confused now!" Emmeline exclaimed in desperation. "When her head’s clearer, she’ll understand... she’ll have to... Grandpa, can you do something? Say something to my mom? I don’t even care about the inheritance, but you can’t just ask my mom to abandon me!"
Horace had a pained expression as he gazed at his once beloved granddaughter. She had erred tremendously, but her crimes paled in comparison to his own. His stubbornness and poor decisions had negatively impacted three generations of his family, and the reverberations were now still causing aftershocks.
He paused as he couldn’t help but blame himself. He stopped Benjamin from marrying for love, which in turn influenced Elaine’s decision to run away. And now she was dead, and his family was in a mess.
This must have been karma for his sins.
Compared to him, Emmeline was only a young girl who wasn’t even close to thirty. How could he treat her so harshly?
"I cannot deny that I had a part to play in this mess. If I had not objected to Benjamin’s relationship with Catherine... perhaps we would not have this tragedy play out in front of us," Horace said.
"I cannot guarantee that Annalise would accept you again, Emmeline, but what I can do is make sure that your mother will be given the support she needs, whether it is to divorce Benjamin or to start over with him."