Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

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Chapter 102

Sherilyn frowned. Or what? Got someone else hiding in here?"

Cheapskate." Gilbert chuckled, "I'm breaking my back here for you, and you're gonna get mad over a sip of water?"

Just as Sherilyn opened her mouth to retort, Gilbert's phone rang.

He glanced at the screen, and his expression turned serlous. "Yeah, it's me, go ahead-"

Seemed like business.

"Alright, I'm on my way."

He looked at Sherilyn. "Something's come up, I gotta go."

"Sure." Sherilyn nodded, walking him to the door, "Take care, drive safe."

"Yeah, will do."

Gilbert nodded slightly and turned to leave.

For a moment, he had this odd feeling-it was as though a wife was seeing her husband off to work...

he looked back up, his

he convince her to leave this

for Sherilyn, like a small pebble tossed into a lake, barely

her priority was getting

deliberation, Sherilyn thought of someone. She had told herself, even in death, she would

child, she had to

Sherilyn took a deep breath and called

these years, she wondered

a familiar voice answered,

racing,

the

man seemed excited, yet in disbelief. "Sherilyn? Is that

gripping the phone, and the other clenched on her knee, she

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weak, "Yeah, it's me."

"Ал."

sounded thrilled. "You reached out? Sherilyn, you... you need

hurriedly corrected himself, "Not that you can't call if you don't need anything. I mean, you can call me anytime, I'm here!" Listening to his jumbled words, Sherilyn felt a

beating around the bush, she

that okay? I'll pay you back. It just might

man paused, not rejecting her outright,

grand." Sherilyn threw