Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 25

"Get her out of here!" Caroline's grip tightened on Gilbert's arm, hier voloe laced with desperation. I can't stand the sight of her. Tell her to leave. Now!"

Gilbert didn't need to think twice. "Fine"

He turned to Sherilyn, his eyes blazing with anger. "Didn't you hear? Leover"

Sherilyn let out a barely audible scoff, setting down the electric shaver she had been holding and wiping her hands before turning to leave.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing Caroline's distressed look made Gilbert feel he needed to defend her honor.

He grabbed the bunch of sunflowers from the table. "These are from you?"

"Yes," Sherilyn nodded.

"Take them with you" Gilbert waved dismissively

What? Sherilyn was stunned. Was she even unworthy of offering flowers to Francis, someone she saw as a beloved older brother?

"What are you waiting for? Seeing her stand frozen, Gilbert took matters into his hands. He stormed over, grabbed the sunflowers, and thrust them into Sherilyn's arms His words were cold and harsh. "You think he'd appreciate your flowers? if it weren't for you, his child would have been three years old

now!"

ice. "I don't understand how you have the nerve to show

trembling as if she was crying,

his anger back at

Sherilyn had nothing

I'm leaving. With that, she turned and walked away

her, Gilbert approached Caroline. "Don't be upset. I've made her leave. I'll tell the doctors and nurses not

way. The buses stopped running at 8

walk the previous night and faced the same ordeal, hun Retuming only a

timetable, she

District Sanatorium

past her, then circled back to stop before

smell of alcohol and cigarettes emanating

past him, but he blocked her way. "Come on, don't be like

legs. "I said I'd

the bike, he grabbed Sherilyn's hand,

Sherilyn's body tensed, struggling fiercely. "I said let

playing hard to get! Come on, I