Chapter 4 Just when I was about to leave for good with my daughter … ] The next morning , the whole damn family showed up at my door . [ ] They circled around me , and Thad - my husband - threw divorce papers in my face . ] ] I blinked , stunned for a second at the clean - slate divorce agreement . ] Then I let out a cold , bitter laugh . [ ] Thad noticed the look in my eyes and said with that icy tone of his . [ ] " Sign it . " " Then take your little cancer kid and get the hell out . " [ ] Imogene sneered . ]] " You brought that little brat into our house - what if her kidney cancer infects my grandson ? " ] " Exactly . " " That curse of a child is nothing but bad luck . " ] " Without you , our family would be thriving ! " ] " Kidney cancer is cancer . " ] " There's no cure ! " " And you expect my son to be a donor ? " ] " You must want us wiped off the face of the earth ! " ] I listened to their vile words and couldn't believe it . [ ] I remembered how , in my past life , when their precious grandson got sick- ] They sold everything , scraped every last cent together . Even took out high - interest loans , sold blood , begged anyone just to afford treatment . ] But now that it's my daughter , their granddaughter , all they care about is cutting ties- [] Afraid we'll drag their perfect little world down with us . ] Same blood , same family . But because she's a girl , suddenly we're disposable . My little girl didn't understand why her grandparents hated her . She clung to me , tears streaming down her cheeks , and asked , [ ] " Mommy , did Sera do something bad ? " " Why do Grandma and Grandpa yell at me? " [ ] " Is it ' cause I asked for meat ? " ] " Did that make them mad ? " ] " Sera won't eat meat anymore . " " I don't want them to be mad at me . " ] I looked at her and felt like my heart was breaking all over again . I raised my head and looked at them , my gaze ice cold . ] " You're really not going to help her ? " " She's your daughter . Your granddaughter . " ] Imogene scoffed . ] They Chose Blood Over Love Now They Cry at My GRAVE 20.2 % Chapter 4 " The Miller family doesn't need some barren little mutt screwing up our legacy . " ] " You're her mother - if you care so much , figure if out yourself . " [ ] " Leave us out of it . " [ ] Their words , their cruelty - it finally broke something in me , 0 I didn't beg . [ ] I didn't plead . ] I signed the papers , packed our things , and walked away with my daughter . ) As we left , Imogene and Barnabas actually looked relieved . [ ] Thad smiled . ] " Finally got rid of those two leechest " ] We hadn't even made it far when my phone buzzed . It was a Facebook post from Imogene . [] " Thaddeus Miller and Elspeth Carter are officially divorced . " ] " She is no longer a part of our family . " " Sera is no longer our granddaughter . " [ ] Her leukemia has nothing to do with us . " " Please don't involve us in her mess . " [ ] Right after that , Thad sent me a text . ] " If you give up Sera and apologize . I'll give you another chance to be part of the Miller family . " ] I scoffed and blocked that piece of trash on the spot . Let them talk big now . [ ] It won't be long before they're begging me instead . When I got back to my parents ' house with Sera , they immediately pulled me aside . [ ] They'd seen the posts . They knew . My mom was holding Sera , sobbing uncontrollably . ] " My sweet Sera …. how could life be so cruel to you ? " ] Dad's face was drawn and tired , but he grabbed my hand tight . [ ] " We may not have much , but we're not letting Sera go without a fight . " ] He handed me a few bank cards , [ ] There's fifty grand in here . " ] " Me and your mom will pull together another twenty . " [ ] " Those trees you planted when you were a kid ? " ] " They've matured now . " " Ive got someone lined up to buy them - we'll get maybe another fifteen grand . " } " And if that's not enough , we'll borrow . " [] " We'll take out a loan . Whatever it takes . " [] " We're not letting Sera go . " They Chase Blood Over Love Now They Cry at My GRAVE Chapter 4 Their words were like a warm blanket over my soul . In my last life , after Sera died , it was my parents who held me up . [] They never stopped fighting for her , never let me drown in my grief . [ ] They wore themselves thin trying to help , and in the end , they died from exhaustion and heartbreak . ] That loss will always haunt me . [ ] Looking at them now , tears in their eyes , I couldn't lie anymore . [ ] " Mom . Dad . It's not Sera who has kidney cancer . " [] " The one who's sick … is their grandson . Jethro . " ] ] I showed them the hospital reports . When they saw the name , they froze - then cried tears of relief . ] " I knew it , " my mom said , hugging Sera tight . [ ] " I knew our Sera would be okay . " [] " She's too sweet not to be okay . " ] " Their grandson's the one with cancer ? ' " Good ! Let them suffer for once . Let their line die with him ! "