Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

"Tell me the truth, the doctor's just spouting nonsense, right?"

Caroline suddenly grasped Gilbert's shirt collar with a fierce grip, her eyes burning with a wild intensity. "He's nothing but a quack, isn't he?"

Gilbert's lips were pressed into a thin line, his response a heavy silence.

Earlier today, during Caroline's check-up, the doctor had discovered an alarming lack of sensation and reflex in her legs.

The doctor's words still echoed hauntingly in the air...

"Mr. Johnson, Ms. Bennett's car accident caused severe damage to her lower back muscles and nerves. I'm afraid she won't be able to use her legs anymore." "What does that mean?"

"Paralysis."

Those words plunged Caroline into despair and dragged Gilbert into a pit of guilt.

"Speak up! Say something!"

Caroline's voice cracked as her emotions teetered on the edge of hysteria, her eyes bloodshot and fiery.

"Oh, God... I'm never going to recover! I'm useless now! What's the point of even living?"

Letting go of him, she collapsed towards the floor!

"Caroline!"

"Let me go! I told you to let go!"

Caroline's despair gave her a surprising

"Get the doctor!"

shot a worried glance at the nurse. If this continued, he feared Caroline might seriously hurt

nurse hurried off, returning swiftly with the

administer a

"Understood!"

Let

and a nurse to barely

sedative was administered,

drooped, her body losing

a long sigh, gently laying her back

...

on a bench, catching glimpses of

more serious than she

quieted down, and the doctor left first, followed by Gilbert. He looked exhausted as he

tiredly, his gaze fixed on

vague, but Sherilyn understood he meant the night they were

"Yeah."

pity. To end up in such a state was truly tragic. But her sympathy was

I go now?" she asked, making a

"Sherilyn."

that? I can't just abandon her." Sherilyn paused, then asked without answering,

Gilbert tightened his

a bit. Sherilyn frowned slightly, a mock laugh escaping her. "If I don't understand, will