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

"Get the doctor!"

glance at the nurse. If this continued,

off, returning swiftly with

need to administer a

"Understood!"

Let go

a nurse to barely

was administered, calm

body losing all its

let out a long sigh, gently laying her back on the

...

sat on a bench, catching glimpses of the scene through the

serious than she

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

his gaze fixed on the door. "It was

vague, but Sherilyn understood he meant the night

"Yeah."

of Caroline, she couldn't help but feel a pang of pity. To end up in such a state was truly tragic.

I go now?" she asked,

"Sherilyn."

that? I

his grip

hurt a bit. Sherilyn frowned slightly, a mock laugh