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!"

don't understand how

as if she was crying, "Gilbert, please stop!

his anger back at Sherilyn.

sunflowers, Sherilyn had nothing to

I'm leaving. With that, she turned and walked away without looking

her leave. I'll tell the doctors and nurses not to let her come here anymore."

hospital, Sherilyn was in disbelief. No way. The buses stopped running at 8 in the evening. How was she supposed to get

Did she have to walk back? She had just endured a two-hour walk the previous night and faced the same ordeal, hun

the timetable, she had

even more secluded than the Southern District Sanatorium where Sylvia

her, then circled back to stop before her.

frowned at the strong smell of alcohol and

to walk past him, but he blocked her way. "Come on,

legs. "I said

the bike, he grabbed Sherilyn's hand, trying to pull her toward

struggling

hard to get! Come