Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 997

Gilbert stood at the doorway, pulling out his phone and swiping to dial.

"Hey, bro, it's me... I'm at Grandma's..."

"Alright, I'm waiting for you."

After hanging up and pocketing his phone, he turned to see the patio door open, and Caroline wheeled herself in.

Heading straight towards Gilbert, she glanced into the bedroom, "How's Grandma doing?"

Gilbert's expression was somber, and after a brief silence, he replied, "She took her meds, feeling a bit better." "That's good to hear."

Caroline nodded, preparing to wheel herself further in, "I'll go in and see her..."

"No need."

Gilbert timely grabbed the wheelchair's handles, his frown light but his eyes clearly resistant.

"Grandma needs her rest, and I think it's not the right time for you to go in."

"Not the right time?"

her eyes in a mocking glance at him, "You think

darkened,

Am I some kind of monster? Would I harm the woman who raised me?" Gilbert shook his

"Ha!"

troubled face, "But

not?"

part of what

"Look at you, what's

feelings for her have changed, you're ignoring right from

his chin lightly,

family, not you. No matter how much you hate her, you have

gaze hardened, a chill emanating from his

by and let them dive in destitution, without financial support, in Crestwood for four years... I can't just

her

to do about it? What can

I remind you? This is a family

the wheelchair's handles tightly, her entire demeanor

lips quivered with

it straight! If it wasn't for me, you'd have died out there in the wilderness! It was me, who carried you on my back, barely