Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 157

Sylvia froze momentarily, “Better? What do you mean by better?”

Could it be, “You have someone else in mind?”

She eyed Gilbert suspiciously, “Since when have you been so concerned about Sherilyn’s affairs?”

Sylvia nodded slowly, conceding, “Well, let’s hear it then. If you’ve got

someone better than Edgar, I might consider it.”

“Grandma…” Gilbert frowned, feeling a bit embarrassed.

But knowing him, there was no turning back once he had spoken up,

especially at the moment. Backing down might mean giving Sherilyn away for good!

Gilbert blurted out, “How about me?”

After he spoke, Sylvia was stunned. She looked at him as if he were a stranger, bewildered and dazed.

eyes rolled, and she tapped

how could she entertain such an absurd suggestion?

she called out, “Cara! Where’s my medication? It’s time

Gilbert held onto Sylvia. “Can I or

around and firmly delivered her verdict.

astonished, incredulous. “Haven’t you

set them up in the first

her head

Foolishness?

1/2

am I

isn’t foolishness, what is?” Sylvia frowned. “Or is it that your brain’s gone haywire? I know you don’t fancy Sherilyn. Are you just trying to sabotage

couldn’t get a

hand and patted it gently. “Do the right thing, my dear. It’s hard for Sherilyn to find someone like Edgar in her second marriage. I can tell Edgar

people, she could easily read Edgar’s affection for Sherilyn like an open

a sense of

you get out what you put

past, but the past is the past, and now is now.”

that, Sylvia was