The old man lay on the hospital bed, his face ashen, and his voice barely audible.

Rita's eyes welled up with tears as she approached him.

She knelt down by his side, clasping his hand tightly. As soon as she called him "grandfather," her voice trembled with sobs.

The old man's temples' hair had turned white overnight.

But he looked at Rita with no hint of reproach, only deep concern. "Is he treating you well?" he asked.

"Grandpa..." Rita's heart swelled with emotion, and she couldn't help but cry harder.

When Caroline called her in the morning, she saw the news and knew that the Wallis family would be furious....