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?"

raising her eyes in a mocking glance at him, "You think I would harm

darkened, the smile

Sherilyn's allowance, you've written me off completely? Am I some kind of monster? Would I harm the woman who raised me?" Gilbert shook his head, "I never said

"Ha!"

on his troubled face, "But that's what you're implying! Gilbert, do you think

not?" Gilbert, baffled,

me, which part of what I said was

was equally stunned, "Look at you, what's your attitude

disappointment, "Just because your feelings for her have changed, you're ignoring right from wrong? She wronged me first!"

his

matter how much you hate her, you have no right to withhold Grandma's money meant for her. It's

a chill emanating from his

husband, Jenna's father! How cant stand by and let them dive in destitution, without financial support, in Crestwood for four years...

listened, her

challenged, "So what are you going to do about it? What can you do

remind you? This is

the wheelchair's handles tightly, her entire demeanor aggressive. "Don't you forget! How did you make it

quivered with

it wasn't for me, you'd have died out there