Fell in Love With You in The Wrong Time

chapter 43

 
 

After her meal, she soon left to visit Benjamin who was admitted to the nearby hospital.

Kathleen couldn’t help her rising concern as she observed the unconscious form of Benjamin through the window of his hospital room.

“My brother’s condition has been stable since early this morning,” Gemma uttered from behind Kathleen.

Kathleen turned to face Gemma, who was dressed in her nurse’s uniform and balancing a tray between her hands.

“When will your brother be regaining consciousness?” queried Kathleen cautiously.

 

Gemma’s expression darkened as she replied, “The doctor says that it’s still too early to tell.”

“Why not try consulting the opinions of other specialists?”

“It’s all right, Kathleen. There’s still time,” Gemma comforted. “By the way, how was your experience volunteering?”

“It was such an eye-opener! I learned so much from it,” Kathleen enthused.

Gemma smirked. “I watched your speech just now during my break. You were pretty amazing out there.”

“By the way, why the sudden interest in individuals with autism?”

“Well, my foster brother is autistic,” said Gemma grimly.

Now that is new.

“My foster parents come from pretty wealthy backgrounds. They adopted me as I had seemed pliant and obedient. Their hopes were that I would comply with their wishes to look after their son once they were gone. Their plan was for both of us to marry by offering me their inheritance as an incentive. They then threatened to disown me if I were to refuse,” said Gemma drily.

Kathleen was stunned speechless.

“I overheard all this when I was in high school. If I were to go against them, they swore never to pay for my tuition fees and daily expenses. Gaining admission into a university would have been a lost cause.”

“That’s preposterous!”

“Consider yourself lucky, Kathleen. Truly. I’ve gone through the worst of it all, and things barely faze me these days,” advised Kathleen with a wry smile.

Kathleen gripped Gemma’s hands anxiously. “What happened after? How did you make it out?”

“Thankfully, my brother was already a policeman back then. He located me and sponsored me all the way till graduation.” Gemma smiled fondly.

sympathy welled up within Kathleen, her eyes prickling with unshed

My brother will be fine,”

Kathleen pursed her lips.

Gemma was right.

was indeed very

treated her with respect

“Duty calls. I

Kathleen added with a

Benjamin’s room, Kathleen departed from

met up with Federick to finalize the

sorry, Frederick! A-About yesterday…”

Frederick offered a gracious smile

widened as she perused the terms. “You’re willing to pay this much for my

earn from their work. Yours is good enough for a

fifty thousand has already far exceeded

you be able to complete

enthusiastically while signing the contract. “I

will be first transferred to you. It should be reflected in

me to treat you to lunch as

am afraid we’d have to rain check. I still need

right, Federick. Whenever you’re free. I will be taking

“Sure. Take care.”

Kathleen departed with a

noted that Kathleen’s smile was indeed as warm and therapeutic as basking in

consumed

paid for the first time in her

much, but it was a significant milestone

barely suppress her glee from the

right, I can choose a present for Old Mrs. Macari! But Old Mrs. Macari has everything she needs. Even so,

than fifty thousand in

that, she was

with joy as she entered

several items, Kathleen

saccharine innocence of Kathleen’s voice

let slip a “Darling!”

she

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