Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?



"Don't miss your own shot?"

Caroline didn't take his offered tissue, nor did she look at him. With a cold laugh, she said, "I think you're just afraid I'll mess things up for you guys."

With that, she pushed her wheelchair and headed straight out the door.

Behind her, Francis stood with the tissue still in his hand, suspended in mid-air.

His gaze lowered, hiding the deep, melancholic shade that lurked in his eyes.

He could only hope... that this would be the end of it.

...

Outside, the caregiver, Josie, saw her coming out and immediately approached her.

Noticing her pale complexion, she asked with concern, "Ms. Bet, are you alright?"

"Ah..."

Caroline seemed not to hear her, dazed for a few seconds before suddenly gripping the wheelchair's armrests, letting out a piercing scream. "Ah, ah, ah..."

Her eyes gradually filled with a bloody hue!

Josie was startled, her words jumbling, "Ms... Ms. Bet!"

The sight was terrifying!

"What's wrong with you?" Josie asked, swallowing hard, wanting to come closer but too scared to do so, yet feeling it inappropriate to walk away. "Ms. Bet, are you feeling unwell?"

"Unwell?"

Caroline stared off towards the door, her expression unreadable, teetering on the edge of madness.novelbin

"Yes, I am unwell! Very unwell!"

"Huh?" Upon hearing this, Josie hurriedly stepped forward, holding onto the wheelchair, "Then let me take you to the doctor?" "What doctor?"

"This..." Josie was confused, "If you're unwell, you should see a doctor, right?"

"It's useless..."

Caroline shook her head, her laugh neither here nor there, "Doctors can't cure me, I'll never get better! Ha-ha, ha-ha..."

"???" Josie was utterly baffled and even more frightened.

Ms. Bet, she... she was alright, wasn't she?

...

Gilbert walked out of the hospital, standing under the blazing sun.

Entering early summer, the weather was already quite warm.

However, at this moment, he felt a chill all over, as if his blood had frozen.

A true mid-June winter.

The sunlight was so harsh it made his eyelids hurt, and he suddenly closed

tumbling. Content bet

s eyes, his thoughts,

Sherilyn, Sherilyn... how should he face her?

to

Recalling the days since she returned to Sunhaven a year ago, all their encounters...

She had returned bearing so much injustice!

Those four years she spent in Crestwood, how had she survived?

Without any living expenses, she

Jenna, and to pay for Jenna's eet

O survive, to take care of et

medical expenses...

All of these required money!

That's why she had to eat plain white rice with boiled greens!

That's why she had to dance at places like 'Neon Nights Bar'!

That's why, when she was desperate, she even considered getting involved with Ernest Smith! All these hardships.

It was easy to imagine that her four years in Crestwood weren't any easier than those times!

She survived!

Not only did she survive, but she also finished her studies and raised Jenna!

Those long four years could not simply be summarized by the word 'hardship'! "Ha, haha."

Gilbert's eyes brimmed with tears, his laugh dry and harsh.

How could he have been so foolish to call Sherilyn a 'parasite'?

No 'parasite' could manage to stand so firmly in this world, facing

loneliness and adversity with ne

resilience!

At this moment, he finally understood...

Sherilyn, in the Johnson family, was indeed pampered by Sylvia, but that was Sylvia's choice!

But that didn't mean Sherilyn lacked the capability to survive on her own!

Sherilyn might seem frail, but in reality, she was the most resilient person he knew!

Indomitable and unparalleled!

But now...