Chapter 76

**Emma's POV**

“Hannah did that?” I snapped, barely able to process Grandpa's regretful expression.

“I’m sorry. I was careless,” he said, his voice low and filled with pleading.

“No, I was too,” I muttered, the weight of my own mistakes pressing on me, eyes averted from his as guilt gnawed at my chest.

“But there’s something bothering me,” he added, his tone shifting, curiosity creeping in.

I looked up at him, my heart racing. “What is it?”

“What Hannah said… Isabella thought she was talking to her. But if that were the case, Hannah wouldn’t have let her go so easily. Which means… she was talking to you, Emma,” Grandpa said with an air of conviction, locking his gaze with mine.

I blinked, the realization sinking in, making my stomach churn. “When she said, ‘How dare you grovel back to this house,’ that means she already knew her husband had another child,” I whispered, my voice almost inaudible.

Grandpa nodded slowly, his face tense. “Exactly. And when she said, ‘Do you want to die by