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"Your grandmother passed" She repeated the words not sure hoould take it

"Granny Townsend? Dead? Was she sick? What happened?" His heartbeat stayed momentarily in his chest Good memories of his mother's mother flashed before his eyes as he remembered times spent and cherished with her He hadn't even known that she was sick

"No, grand that his father's mother had succuht frown What grandmother was she to hirandmothers if need be His father's mother had been just like her son towards him- indifferent Why should he care if some nameless and faceless old woman had died off simply because they shared the same bloodline? It was more than obvious that his existence hadn't matter to them His entire life they had treated him as if he didn't exist; so nohy should he care that the old wo to do with him

"Granny who? Ppffssh… What does that have to do withto his bedroom His mother's hand touched his shoulder and halted his steps

"No randmother and you owe her that much respect" Marla told her son He jerked his shoulder out fro around to face her

"Are you kidding ed His eyes were fierce and filled with pain Looking at him her heart bled for her son She knew a little bit of what he was feeling; after all she had tried to run over the man herself She had wanted to kill him at that time She hated him She knew his pain of rejection and abandonet over it How could she not expect her son not to have those feelings andShe couldn't help but feeling a little guilty for her son's pain She had chosen Jacob as the father of her child Looking back, hindsight if only she knew then what she kne she would love to have been able to go back in time and choose a better man as father material for her beloved son However since that was impossible, she only could ith the hand that she had been dealt

"Trongs don't ht In the end we all have to answer to God for our own sins" She said and Jayden could feel the anger and resent up inside of hi always boil down to answering to God for our transgressions? Don't God have so to do? How could God be okay with the fact that a e hie of his own situation? It was evident to Jayden that God was too busy to sweat the small stuff