Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 203

“What’s up?” Sherilyn looked puzzled. “Something wrong?”

Edgar glanced at her, hesitating before speaking up. “I might be being a bit forward, but why do you seem so afraid of Gilbert?”

His voice sounded all gruff, like it was hard for him to ask, “Aren’t you two… getting along now?”

“Getting along?” Sherilyn looked genuinely surprised. “Why would you think that?”

Edgar paused before admitting, “That’s what Gilbert told me.”

Before Sherilyn could respond, Edgar awkwardly chuckled. “Did you two fight? You know, it’s normal for couples to…”

“It’s not that!” Sherilyn interrupted him sharply.

She pressed her lips tightly, her eyes welling up. “It’s not a fight. Gilbert and I, there’s no making up!”

Edgar was shocked, wondering what was going on. “You haven’t made up? But then…”

Gilbert’s hostility toward him, seeing him as

then, seeing Sherilyn’s reaction, Edgar had his suspicions. “Is it that Gilbert is the only one who wants

was stunned, not expecting Edgar to guess so accurately. She didn’t speak, but

right?” Edgar’s expression darkened, and he slammed his hand on the steering wheel,

heart should be

asked again, “But why run?

to him?” Sherilyn let out a bitter laugh, the painful memories flooding. back. “It’s

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shocked. “Do you mean you and Gilbert in

Johnson family had manipulated her in her first marriage. At twenty, she was clueless, but could she

she got. manipulated into, the injustices she endured, etc. Yet, the Johnson family

begging him to take her in. She was only fifteen, still a child.

Sylvia took her by the hand into the Johnson family, ensuring she had food and books to

orphan girl have survived if it weren’t

could never forget the immense kindness. Thus, when her benefactors hurt her, she could only swallow her

present, and Sherilyn laughed coldly, her eyes shimmering. “Fran woke