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!"

caught her, but Caroline's despair gave her a surprising

"Get the doctor!"

the nurse. If this continued, he feared Caroline might seriously hurt herself. "Right

hurried off, returning swiftly with the

to administer

"Understood!"

go! Let go of

took both Gilbert and a nurse to barely restrain Caroline's frantic

was administered,

her body

out a long sigh, gently laying her back

...

bench, catching glimpses of the scene through the partially

serious than

room quieted down, and the doctor left first, followed by Gilbert. He

gaze fixed

words were vague, but Sherilyn understood he meant the night they

"Yeah."

of pity. To end up in such a state was

go now?" she asked, making

"Sherilyn."

because of me... Do you get that? I can't just abandon her." Sherilyn paused, then asked without

tightened his

slightly, a mock laugh escaping her. "If