"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!"

despair gave her a surprising

"Get the doctor!"

this continued, he feared Caroline might

off, returning swiftly with the

need to administer a sedative,

"Understood!"

Let go of

Gilbert and a nurse to barely

sedative was administered, calm

her body losing all its

long sigh, gently laying her back on the

...

in the corridor, Sherilyn sat on a bench, catching glimpses of the scene

was more serious than she

quieted down, and the doctor left first, followed by

leaning back tiredly, his gaze fixed on the door. "It was

understood he meant the night they were

"Yeah."

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

now?" she asked, making a move to

"Sherilyn."

frowned, gripping her hand. "She ended up like this because of me... Do you get that? I can't just abandon her." Sherilyn paused, then asked without

his grip

hurt a bit. Sherilyn frowned slightly, a mock laugh escaping her. "If

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