Chapter 167. Devastating Memories

JACOB

She tried to smile, but it was impossible, and she fell into agony. She was very old; her emotions were hard to control, and she didn’t talk to anyone; she didn’t seem to have any other relatives.

“Was it just you and him?” I wanted to know because it seemed strange to me that no one cared about her and in the condition she was living.

“My son, he too left when he became a soldier; I do not know where he is now… He has not visited me for more than ten years. Once he came, spent a whole day with me, reading and telling me about his travels. He said that he missed me and that he wanted to take me for a little walk around the city. I told him that I was afraid to leave the house after not talking to anyone…”

“What was his name?”

“Carl Ghusta; I picked it out myself.” She said, and this time she smiled. “I am glad he came. I wonder if I said something that upset him, or if I hurt him somehow, because I have not seen him since. He has not come back, a