Chapter 191

Sherilyn’s eyes darted through the links popping on her screen, feeling overwhelmed, unsure if any of it was helpful. She paused, rethinking her strategy, and typed the search bar, “The Praying Mantis Biting Praying Mantis…”

The page refreshed, and there it was. One of the search results caught her eye.

[After mating, the female praying mantis decapitates and consumes the male!]

Sherilyn’s face was a mask of impassivity as she read it.

Several nights later, Sylvia was still recovering from her surgery, and Gilbert had stayed at the sprawling Johnson Mansion to be by her side.

In the dead of night, he was roused from his sleep by the insistent ringing of his phone. The atmosphere was thick with anticipation, which only intensified when he saw the caller ID. It was Francis’s lead doctor. “Hello?”

The doctor’s excited voice came through. “Mr. Gilbert. Mr. Francis is awake!”

A shiver ran down Gilbert’s spine, his hair standing on end and his scalp tingling with disbelief and sheer adrenaline. “Say that again!”

it, “Mr. Francis is awake! He’s opened his eyes!”

him to the point of tears. After all these years, his brother had finally awakened from his

Gilbert?” The doctor’s voice pulled him back to reality, “When can you

hesitation, “Now! I’m coming right

would waste no time. It was the moment he

replied, “Good, see you soon.”

Chapter 191

on his way to the closet. “Grandma! Of course, I have

with Sylvia, even if it meant waking her up in the middle of the night. It wasn’t about fearing her reprimand. It was

wee hours, Gilbert and Sylvia left the Johnson Mansion and rushed. to the private hospital where Francis

her tears during the

a tissue, “You need to try and hold back the

to cry?” Sylvia shot back, her eyes red, “I just can’t

feared Francis would lay there forever, never opening his eyes again even after

that, Gilbert’s heart ached with empathy. “He wouldn’t do that. Fran cares too much. Look, he’s awake now, isn’t

filming night scenes, wasn’t at

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