"It's the truth," she said.
Granny Taylor finally smiled, but her eyes were filled with tears, "Good child... you are a good child. It's only now that I've realized, the older one gets, the more fearful they become."
Year after year, she didn't dare to face the mistakes of the past, nor did she dare to reveal anything to her eldest son, fearing she wouldn't meet a good end.
Ultimately, she was selfish, selfishly afraid to confess to her son the mistakes of the past. Afraid to admit she had personally driven to death the woman her son loved most, leaving his only flesh and blood adrift.
Edward's current isolation is no less than a punishment for her.
Granny Taylor seemed to suddenly fall into memories, starting to say some incoherent words.
Mabel Quinn quickly called for the doctor, who administered a sedative to Granny Taylor, allowing her to finally sleep.
