Hector had barely finished his sentence when the patient monitor began to beep.

Patrick replied, “I heard you, Grandpa. I'll marry the eldest daughter of the Ashton family.”

He wanted to reassure his grandfather.

Kevin and some hospital staff had arrived then and began giving him emergency treatment. They eventually wheeled Hector to the ICU.

Meanwhile, Gwendolyn frantically peppered the ICU staff with questions.

“When can my daughter leave the ICU? Can I go in to accompany her?”

Her anxiety was palpable, and her eyes reddened, threatened by a fresh wave of tears.

The nurse answered, “She needs to stay in the hospital overnight for observation. You can come back in twenty-four hours. We'll take good care of her.”

Gwendolyn was hardly going to leave the hospital without her daughter, though she still nodded and said, “Thank you.”

the ICU entrance, where

is my

in her hand and replied, “Old Mr. Lowen is still in a critical condition, Mr. Lowen. We need to observe him for twenty-four

was. He was a close friend of their director, Kevin, and he had visited his grandfather at the hospital almost daily for the past six years. They admired his

nurse's explanation with a nod. “I

over in the corner of the room. She

his coat and draped it over the woman

head, her gaze fixed on his broad back. She called out, “Thank

the elevator. Right before the doors closed, he said, “Keep it. I don't know who's ill,

of concern for this stranger was out of character for Patrick. He was surprised by his own actions as

the elevator doors closed, Patrick smirked and shook

tighter around herself, reveling in the residual

in the faint, pleasant

later, the elevator doors opened and out walked two young boys. The boy walking in front wore a black windbreaker, and he carried

cap trailed him, a pair

They looked so alike that anyone

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