Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 421

“Me.. ?” Gilbert waited for Francis to continue.

But Francis just stopped himself, shaking his head, “Nothing.”

“Come on, bro.” Gilbert’s tone mixed curiosity with frustration. “You can’t do that to me. What’s going on? You’re still keeping secrets from me?”

Francis just smiled and said, “I’ll tell you later. Right now, I’m off to see Caroline at the hospital. You’ll have to keep grandma company for dinner.”

So, he was going to visit Caroline.

“Alright then.”

Gilbert nodded, but he couldn’t shake the feeling that his brother was hiding something

serious.

What could it be that he found it so hard to talk about? Even to him?

Gilbert was so worried about Sherilyn that he barely slept that night.

The next morning, instead of heading straight to the office, he drove to the entrance of Sunset Ridge Community.

He knew Sherilyn usually didn’t head to her dance troupe until the afternoon, but he wanted to check on her before work to see if she was feeling any better.

Hesitating, he wondered if it was too early to call Sherilyn.

He really wanted to go up and see her, but she had made it clear… it wasn’t appropriate.

out of the

her. “Where are you headed? Hop in,

“Sure, thanks!”

him, Sherilyn didn’t hesitate and got

off, Gilbert noticed she still seemed a

up?”

taken aback, nodding. Did it show

had trouble falling asleep the night before and ended up waking

wasn’t aware the dance troupe was on a break, so she hadn’t woken her

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at her phones, urging Gilbert.

meant a docked pay

Sure

the morning

the anxious girl beside

her head, too

a call. “Hey, it’s me. Swing by The Velvet Fork, grab a mix of their breakfast burritos for me,

listened to the whole

ordering

something to eat soon. Your favorite

was right. But why

came out a bit

of the drive passed in

the troupe, Sherilyn quickly thanked him,