Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 783

Gilbert swung open the car door and practically shoved Sherilyn inside.

"My car..." Sherilyn protested, anxiety evident in her voice. She had driven herself here.

"Give me your keys!"

He snatched the car keys from her hand. "I'll have someone drive it back to Sunset Ridge Community for you!"

With that, he climbed into the driver's seat. Callie tried to follow them into the car, but when she pulled on the door handle, it was locked.

She knocked on the car window, "Hey, open up!"

But Gilbert acted as if he hadn't heard her, completely ignoring her plea, and started the car, pulling away.

"Hey!"

Callie ran after the car for a few steps, puzzled, "What's going on?" Weren't they supposed to have broken up? In Mr. Gilbert's eyes, why did it seem like the moment he saw her, nobody else existed?

Inside the car, Sherilyn looked at Gilbert with confusion, "Why did you leave Callie behind?" Hadn't they just been all over each other a moment ago?

"Are you seriously worried about someone else right now?"

irritation. "What was that woman's problem anyway?" He was referring to

stole her man?" Gilbert scoffed

by his leap in logic. But Gilbert took her

"You dumped me,

baseless accusations, Sherilyn covered her forehead, leaned back in the seat, and closed her

"Sherilyn?"

cautiously eyed her expression, "Is your headache really

Sherilyn nodded with her eyes still

"Then I'll drive faster!"

...

Hospital.

Emergency room.

cleaned Sherilyn's wound briefly, "You'll

taken aback, not expecting her injury to be so

her nervousness, Gilbert placed a comforting hand on her shoulder, "Don't be scared, the bleeding will stop

a chair, he

Sherilyn nodded and

need to administer a local anesthetic. It might sting a

still oozing from her forehead, and Gilbert pressed a gauze pad against it. Seeing her in such

ready and positioned himself behind the chair, signaling to

back and lean it